Stad"dle (?), n. [AS. staðol,
sraðul, a foundation, firm seat; akin to E. stand.
√163. See Stand, v. i.] [Formerly
written stadle.] 1. Anything which serves
for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane.
His weak steps governing
And aged limbs on cypress stadle stout.
Spenser.
2. The frame of a stack of hay or grain.
[Eng.]
3. A row of dried or drying hay, etc.
[Eng.]
4. A small tree of any kind, especially a
forest tree.
&fist; In America, trees are called staddles from the time
that they are three or four years old till they are six or eight
inches in diameter, or more. This is also the sense in which the word
is used by Bacon and Tusser.
Stad"dle, v. t. 1.
To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is
cut. [R.] Tusser.
2. To form into staddles, as hay.
[Eng.]
Stad"dle (?), n. [AS. staðol,
sraðul, a foundation, firm seat; akin to E. stand.
√163. See Stand, v. i.] [Formerly
written stadle.] 1. Anything which serves
for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane.
His weak steps governing
And aged limbs on cypress stadle stout.
Spenser.
2. The frame of a stack of hay or grain.
[Eng.]
3. A row of dried or drying hay, etc.
[Eng.]
4. A small tree of any kind, especially a
forest tree.
&fist; In America, trees are called staddles from the time
that they are three or four years old till they are six or eight
inches in diameter, or more. This is also the sense in which the word
is used by Bacon and Tusser.
Stad"dle, v. t. 1.
To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is
cut. [R.] Tusser.
2. To form into staddles, as hay.
[Eng.]
