D defs.my
Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Staddle

/(stăd"d'l)/ · Stad·dle · IPA /ˈstædəl/
01 n. Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane.
  1. 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. 2.
    The frame of a stack of hay or grain.[Eng.]
  3. 3.
    A row of dried or drying hay, etc.[Eng.]
  4. 4.
    A small tree of any kind, especially a forest tree.
02 v. t. To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is cut.
  1. 1.
    To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is cut.[R.]
  2. 2.
    To form into staddles, as hay.[Eng.]