See Also: staddle(dictionary)

staddle (iou)



staddle noun & verb. Also steddle.

A. noun.
A foundation. (lit. & fig.) OE-ME.
A platform or framework of timber, stone, etc., supporting a stack or rick; (in full staddle-stone) each of the mushroom-shaped stones used to raise a stack, rick, granary, etc., from the ground, esp. to deter rodents; gen. a supporting framework. LME.
b. The lower part of a stack of corn, hay, etc. Now dial. L15.
A young tree left standing when others are cut down; dial. the root or stump of a felled or coppiced tree. M16.
b. A tree-trunk, a staff. rare (Spenser). Only in L16.
A mark, an impression, esp. one left by a body lying on a surface; a scar. dial. L17.
b. verb trans.
Provide with staddles; cut (a wood) so as to leave some young trees standing. dial. L16.
Stain, mark, leave an impression on. dial. E19.
staddling noun (now dial.) (materials forming) the support or foundation of a stack, rick, etc. LME.