staddle

Meaning

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 cut down of trees.

Synonyms

gantry

jack

platform

sapling

spur

stayer

stilt

strutting

supporter

Translations

plançoneda

plançó

tanyada

Bäumchen

junge Bäume

jeune homme

plant

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tige

baliver

arboscello

arbolillo

plantón

fidan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstædəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stathel

Inherited from Old English: staþol

Cognate with Middle Low German: stadel

Cognate with German: Stadel

Cognate with Danish: stedel

Cognate with Icelandic: stöðull

In summary

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.