edder

1) A pliant piece of wood: these were used to strengthen a hedge by interweaving them between the upright stakes.

Marshall commented on the stake and edder hedge in east Yorkshire but ‘yether’ was more common among dialect speakers: 1616 Clyff common hedge … they went far to get ther stakes and yeathers, Brandsby.

spellings ether
places Brandsby
dates 1616

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