Scarecrow

linnunpelätin

(effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there)

linnunpelätti

(effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there)

pelottelutaktiikka

(military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage)

variksenpelätin

(effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there)

variksenpelätin

(person regarded as resembling a scarecrow in some way)

variksenpelätin

(tall, thin, awkward person)

variksenpelätin

(person wearing ragged and tattered clothes)

variksenpelätti

(effigy fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there)

häiritä

(to spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing)

saada näyttämään jäykältä

(to cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow)