noun
Meaning 1
A prop or support; a staff, crutch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
staddle
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/ˈstædəl/
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rhymes with -ædəl
noun
Meaning 2
The lower part or supporting frame of a stack, a stack-stand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Any supporting framework or base.
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noun
Meaning 4
A small tree; sapling.
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noun
Meaning 5
One of the separate plots into which a cock of hay is shaken out for the purpose of drying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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verb
Meaning 6
To form staddles of hay.
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verb
Meaning 7
To mark a sapling to be spared during a selective cutting of trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, forestry
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noun
Meaning 8
a base or platform on which hay or corn is stacked
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: base, pedestal, stand
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: baliver — mark a tree to be spared