Sc. A piece of curved wood used in fastening cows to the stake; in some places (according to Jamieson) the stake itself.
1598. D. Ferguson, Sc. Prov. (1785), 8 (Jam.). Better haud loose, nor bound to an ill bakie.
1851. H. Stephens, Bk. of Farm, 1131. Cows are bound to a stake in the stall…. One method of binding is with the baikie … flat to the neck of the cow.
