Staddle

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stædÉ™l/

Alternative forms

• stadle, stathel

Origin

From Middle English stathel, from Old English staþol ("foundation, base, support, position, site, estate"), from Proto-Germanic *staþulaz ("position, standing"), from Proto-Indo-European *stā-, *sth- ("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.

Full definition of staddle

Noun

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. (agriculture) One of the separate plots into which a cock of hay is shaken out for the purpose of drying.

Verb

1. To form staddles of hay.
2. (forestry) to mark a sapling to be spared during a cut down of trees