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staddle

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈstædəl/

Definition of staddle

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic)A prop or support; a staff, crutch.
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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. 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. To mark a sapling to be spared during a selective cutting of trees.

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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.

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