Rake″stale′ (–stāl′), n. [Rake the instrument + stale a handle.] The handle of a rake.
That tale is not worth a rakestele. Chaucer.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.