In the past, black-tie charity gambling galas did not use real stakes.

The vines, which are bromeliads and use the trees or stakes only for support, not nourishment, are actually rooted in the soil.

The term derives from the practice by land surveyors of using stakes to measure out an area before the main building project is commenced.

But gradually, using string and stakes, we began to design a garden.

She fights using stakes and throwing daggers.

"Maybe we should have used wooden stakes after all."

Lay out scrap lumber or use stakes and string first.

They used willow stakes again and quickly built a fine little fence, too high for the hens to jump over.

Also, to get a neat, formal line, use stakes at each end and run a taut string as a guide when planting.

There is already witch hunting by bigots who don't use burning stakes any more - the law mercifully won't allow them to.