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staddle

/ˈstædəl/

staddle noun: a prop or support; a staff, crutch.

Noun

staddle (plural staddles)

  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

staddle (third-person singular simple present staddles, present participle staddling, simple past and past participle staddled)

  1. To form staddles of hay.
  2. To mark a sapling to be spared during a selective cutting of trees.

staddle meaning in Tamil and Bengali

staddle in Tamil

பற்றுக்கோல் கட்டுத்தறி

staddle in Bengali

একটি ঠেকনো, আলম্ব, একটি লাঠি, ক্রাচ, গাদার নীচের অংশ, সহায়ক কাঠামো

Forms of staddle

Noun
pluralstaddles
alternative formstadle
alternative formstathel
alternative formsteddle
Verb
third-person singular presentstaddles
present participlestaddling
past participlestaddled
paststaddled

Origin of staddle

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.

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Questions about staddle

What does staddle mean?
Staddle means a prop or support; a staff, crutch.
What is staddle in Tamil?
Staddle in Tamil is பற்றுக்கோல் கட்டுத்தறி. See Staddle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is staddle?
Staddle can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce staddle?
Staddle is pronounced /ˈstædəl/.
What is the plural of staddle?
The plural of staddle is staddles.

Words near staddle in the dictionary

  1. stacys
  2. Stacyville
  3. stad
  4. stadda
  5. staddas
  6. staddle
  7. staddle stone
  8. staddle stones
  9. staddled
  10. staddles
  11. staddlestone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: staddle (page history and authors); staddle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); staddle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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