Staddle

//ˈstædəl// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A prop or support; a staff, crutch. archaic
  2. 2
    a base or platform on which hay or corn is stacked wordnet
  3. 3
    The lower part or supporting frame of a stack, a stack-stand.
  4. 4
    Any supporting framework or base.
  5. 5
    A small tree; sapling.
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  1. 6
    One of the separate plots into which a cock of hay is shaken out for the purpose of drying.
Verb
  1. 1
    To form staddles of hay.
  2. 2
    To mark a sapling to be spared during a selective cutting of trees.

Etymology

From Middle English stathel, from Old English staþol (“foundation, base, support, position, site, estate”), from Proto-Germanic *staþulaz (“position, standing”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, *sth₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Middle Low German stadel (“barn”), German Stadel (“barn”), Old Danish stedel (“ground, croft”), Icelandic stöðull (“position”). More at stand.

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