[f. STAKE v.1 + -ER1.] One who drives in a stake; one who uses a stake.
1486. [see SENTRE].
1897. C. T. Davis, Manuf. Leather, xx. (ed. 2), 274. Should this occur, the staker’s balance would be lost, and he would be in danger of being impaled upon his stake.
† b. (See quot.) Obs.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. 261/1. Terms of Art used by Brick-Makers…. Staker, is him that puts the Clay off the Ground, upon the Board.
