staddle stone en · NOUN
Meanings
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One of the mushroom-shaped stones used as a support (a staddle) for a barn or granary. The shape prevents rats from climbing up to the barn.
[I]solate the body of the building from the ground […] embodied in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century granaries, built on staddle stones, which still survive in many English farmyards.
1983, Barry Cunliffe, chapter 6, in Danebury Hillfort, Stroud: Tempus:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| staddle stones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Relateds
pile · pier · standing stone · steddle stone · stilt