stake-driver

== English == === Alternative forms === stakedriver === Etymology === From stake +‎ driver; so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. === Noun === stake-driver (plural stake-drivers) An American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus). Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stake,‎ driver. === References === “stake-driver”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.