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
Run, Thanel, and cut a staddle, for to make a lever on.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
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
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
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