staddle

American  

[stad-l] / ˈstæd l /

noun

1. the lower part of a stack of hay or the like.

2. a supporting frame for a stack, or a platform on which a stack is placed.

3. any supporting framework or base.

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staddle British  

/ ˈstædəl /

noun

1. a support or prop, esp a low flat-topped stone structure for supporting hay or corn stacks about two feet above ground level

2. a supporting frame for such a stack

3. the lower part of a hay or corn stack

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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

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

A moment later he smelled the lichen and cool moisture of one of the staddle stones.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Zoo riddèn house is such a caddle, That I would rather keep my staddle.

From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by Barnes, William

We therefore tied him to a staddle, and, after looking to our priming, we began to descend the height.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

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