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staddle
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
STADDLE
n.[G. It belongs to the root of stead, steady. ] 1. Any thing which serves for support; a staff; a crutch; the frame or support of a stack of hay or grain. [In this sense not used in New England. ]
2. In New England, a small tree of any kind, particularly a forest tree. In America, trees are called staddles from three or four years old till they are six or eight inches in diameter or more, but in this respect the word is indefinite. This is also the sense in which it is used by Bacon and Tusser.
STADDLE
v.t.To leave staddles when a wood is cut.
STADDLE-ROOF
n.The roof or covering of a stack.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
STADDLE
Stad "dle, n. Etym: [AS. stathol, srathul, a foundation, firm seat; akin to E. stand. *163. See Stand, v. i.] [Formerly written stadle.]
1. Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane. His weak steps governing And aged limbs on cypress stadle stout. Spenser.
2. The frame of a stack of hay or grain. [Eng. ]
3. A row of dried or drying hay, etc. [Eng. ]
4. A small tree of any kind, especially a forest tree.
Note: In America, trees are called staddles from the time that they are three or four years old till they are six or eight inches in diameter, or more. This is also the sense in which the word is used by Bacon and Tusser.
STADDLE
STADDLE Stad "dle, v. t.
1. To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is cut. [R.] Tusser.
2. To form into staddles, as hay. [Eng. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
staddle
stad dle |ˈstadl stædl | ▶noun a platform or framework supporting a stack or rick. • (also staddle stone ) a stone, esp. one resembling a mushroom in shape, supporting a framework or rick. ORIGIN Old English stathol ‘base, support, ’ of Germanic origin; related to the verb stand .
Oxford Dictionary
staddle
stad ¦dle |ˈstad (ə )l | ▶noun a platform or framework supporting a stack or rick. • (also staddle stone ) a stone, especially one resembling a mushroom in shape, supporting a framework or rick. ORIGIN Old English stathol ‘base, support ’, of Germanic origin; related to the verb stand .
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