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stagehead Nfld 
n. See 1819 quote.
See also: stage ((n.)) (def. 1)
- 1792 (1779) [We found the head of the stage raised up about five inches, many of the posts, shores, and stouters gone. . . .]
- 1819 The place where the operation of curing the cod-fish is performed, is a stage or covered platform erected on the shore, with one end projecting over the water, which is called the stage-head, and which is fortified with stouters, or very strong shores, to prevent the stage from receiving any damage from ships or boats.
- 1944 Boats are made shipshape, and temporary wharves or "stageheads" set out on the beaches for the splitting and dressing of the cod.
- 1958 Miss Butt was carried down to the stagehead, taken off in a rowboat and put aboard the vessel.
- 1792 (1779) [We found the head of the stage raised up about five inches, many of the posts, shores, and stouters gone. . . .]