staddle

staddle
1. noun /stædəl/
a) A prop or support; a staff, crutch.
b) The lower part or supporting frame of a stack, a stack-stand.
2. verb /stædəl/
a) To form staddles of hay.
b) to mark a sapling to be spared during a cut down of trees

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  • Staddle — Stad dle (st[a^]d d l), n. [AS. sta[eth]ol, sta[eth]ul, a foundation, firm seat; akin to E. stand. [root]163. See {Stand}, v. i.] [Formerly written {stadle}.] 1. Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Staddle — Stad dle, v. t. 1. To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is cut. [R.] Tusser. [1913 Webster] 2. To form into staddles, as hay. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • staddle — [stad′ l] n. [ME stadel < OE stathol, akin to Ger stadel, barn: for IE base see STAND] Now Chiefly Dial. a lower part or support; specif., the base or framework of a stack, as of hay …   English World dictionary

  • staddle —  1) anything that supports another is a staddle.  2) a mark or impression made on any thing by somewhat lying upon it ; so scars or marks of the small pox are called staddles. Also the bottom of a corn mow or hay stack is called the staddle. N …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • staddle — n. a platform or framework supporting a rick etc. Phrases and idioms: staddle stone a stone supporting a staddle or rick etc. Etymology: OE stathol base f. Gmc, rel. to STAND …   Useful english dictionary

  • Staddle —    A village of the Bree land, lying on the south eastern slopes of the Bree hill. Staddle was the main settlement of the Bree hobbits …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

  • Staddle stones — were originally used as supporting bases for granaries, hayricks, game larders, etc. The staddle stones lifted the granaries above the ground thereby protecting the stored grain from vermin and water seepage. In Middle English staddle or stadle… …   Wikipedia

  • staddle stone — noun A low mushroom shaped arrangement of a conical and flat, circular stone, used as a support for a haystack • • • Main Entry: ↑staddle …   Useful english dictionary

  • staddle stone — noun One of the mushroom shaped stones used as a support for a barn, (or staddle). The mushroom shaping prevents rats from climbing up to the barn …   Wiktionary

  • staddle — noun Etymology: Middle English stathel base, support, bottom of a stack, from Old English statho base; akin to Old High German stān to stand more at stand Date: 15th century a base (as of piling) for a stack of hay or straw …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • staddle — /stad l/, n. 1. the lower part of a stack of hay or the like. 2. a supporting frame for a stack, or a platform on which a stack is placed. 3. any supporting framework or base. [bef. 900; ME stathel, OE stathol base, support, tree trunk; c. OHG… …   Universalium

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