staddle
English
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English stathel, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English staþol (“foundation, base, support, position, site, estate”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *staþulaz (“position, standing”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, *sth₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Middle Low German stadel (“barn”), German Stadel (“ground, croft, stall, shed”), Old Danish stedel (“ground, croft”), Icelandic stöðull (“position”). More at stand.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ædəl
Noun
staddle (plural staddles)
- (archaic) A prop or support; a staff, crutch.
- The lower part or supporting frame of a stack, a stack-stand.
- Any supporting framework or base.
- A small tree; sapling.
- (agriculture) One of the separate plots into which a cock of hay is shaken out for the purpose of drying.
Verb
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Translations
mark a tree to be spared
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