[App. arbitrarily f. STACK sb. + -EN.] A cloud that appears as though composed of piled up masses, a CUMULUS.
1823. T. Forster, Res. Atmospheric Phenomena, i. § 3 (ed. 3), 9. Of the Cumulus or Stackencloud.
1844. Stephens, Bk. Farm, I. 246. Why the heap should be called the stacken-cloud,… is by no means obvious.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Stacken Cloud, the same as cumulus.
