dial. [f. SPREAD v.] A stick serving to keep apart the traces or chains in plowing or harrowing. (Cf. SPREADER 3 a.)
1778. [W. H. Marshall], Minutes Agric., 29 July 1775. One who has more spunk in him, shall attend to the spread bats, and whippins in future.
1875–. in Kent, Surrey and Sussex glossaries.
