staddle

English

/stædəl/

noun
Definitions
  • (archaic) A prop or support; a staff, crutch.
  • The lower part or supporting frame of a stack, a stack-stand.
  • Any supporting framework or base.
  • A small tree; sapling.
  • (agriculture) One of the separate plots into which a cock#Etymology_2|cock of hay is shaken out for the purpose of drying.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stathel inherited from Old English staþol (base, foundation, position, support, estate, site) inherited from Proto-Germanic *staþulaz (position, standing) derived from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*steh₂-

Gloss

stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up

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Kanji

立

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