'Staddle' definitions:

Definition of 'staddle'

From: WordNet
noun
A base or platform on which hay or corn is stacked

Definition of 'Staddle'

From: GCIDE
  • Staddle \Stad"dle\ (st[a^]d"d'l), n. [AS. sta[eth]ol, sta[eth]ul, a foundation, firm seat; akin to E. stand. [root]163. See Stand, v. i.] [Formerly written stadle.]
  • 1. Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane. [1913 Webster]
  • His weak steps governing And aged limbs on cypress stadle stout. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The frame of a stack of hay or grain. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A row of dried or drying hay, etc. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A small tree of any kind, especially a forest tree. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Staddle'

From: GCIDE
  • Staddle \Stad"dle\, v. t.
  • 1. To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is cut. [R.] --Tusser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To form into staddles, as hay. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]