piled or arranged one on top of another; also slang for being physically fit or muscular.
From Old English 'staca' (stake, post), originally meant to arrange things in a stake or heap, evolving from agricultural stacking practices.
Stack comes from the same root as 'stake,' showing how old farming vocabulary got repurposed—medieval people stacking hay became modern people stacking things, and eventually slang about physiques.
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