staddle
Americannoun
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the lower part of a stack of hay or the like.
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a supporting frame for a stack, or a platform on which a stack is placed.
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any supporting framework or base.
noun
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a support or prop, esp a low flat-topped stone structure for supporting hay or corn stacks about two feet above ground level
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a supporting frame for such a stack
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the lower part of a hay or corn stack
Etymology
Origin of staddle
before 900; Middle English stathel, Old English stathol base, support, tree trunk; cognate with Old High German stadal barn, Old Norse stǫthull milking place; akin to stead
Example Sentences
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A moment later he smelled the lichen and cool moisture of one of the staddle stones.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
On the east side, in front of the house, a barn stands clear of the ground on staddle stones; and opposite is the cow byre.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
After this they passed through the monotonous glades, planted here and there with a staddle.
From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Flaubert, Gustave
An' riddèn house is such a caddle, I shan't be over keen vor mwore ō't, Not yet a while, you mid be sure ō't,— I'd rather keep to woone wold staddle.
From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by Barnes, William
Vor he died while the häy russled grey On the staddle so leätely begun: Lik' the mown-grass a-dried by the day,— Aye! the zwath-flow'r's a-killed by the zun.
From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by Barnes, William
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