stud
A male animal, especially a stallion, kept for breeding.
A female animal, especially a broodmare, kept for breeding.
(by extension) A group of animals kept for breeding, also of locomotives.
He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories.
An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
(chiefly African-American, LGBTQ, slang) A sexually dominant lesbian.
A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems / And studs of pearl.
A belt of straw and ivy buds, / With coral clasps and amber studs.
(jewelry) A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.
(construction) A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
(obsolete) A stem; a trunk.
(poker) A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.
(engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
(engineering) A stud bolt.
An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
To decorate as a stud does.
To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
To set (something) over a surface at intervals.