Dictionary

staddle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈstædəl/

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.

Meanings

1. (archaic) A prop or support; a staff, crutch.
2. The lower part or supporting frame of a stack, a stack-stand.
3. Any supporting framework or base.
4. A small tree; sapling.
5. One of the separate plots into which a cock of hay is shaken out for the purpose of drying.

Forms

Deriveds

rickstaddle · staddle stone

Relateds

starling · staddling

staddle en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈstædəl/

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.

Meanings

1. To form staddles of hay.
2. To mark a sapling to be spared during a selective cutting of trees.

Forms

Translations (1)

fr baliver (mark a tree to be spared)