stalder
stalder noun: a wooden frame to set casks on.
Noun
stalder (plural stalders)
- A wooden frame to set casks on.
- In the Cellars Stalders for to sett wine and beer upon.1672, “Rochester Inns”, in S. T. Aveling, editor, Archaeologia Cantiana, volume 21, published 1895, page 325
- In the Cellars / (Further Cellar) / One hogshead, three beerstalders, one stoole. / (Hither Cellar) / Two hogsheads, one kilderkin, three firkins, three half anchors, one two gallon bottle, three drink stalders, two brass cocks. (Small beer cellar) One hogshead, one kilderkin, two tapp tubbs, about...1740, “Extract from an Inventory of the Contents of the Manor House at Houghton Regis taken 23 May 1740 by John Smith and Ambrose Cooke”, in Rebecca Price, Madeleine Masson, editor, The Compleat Cook...
Proper noun capitalized: Stalder
Stalder (plural Stalders)
- A surname.
Forms of stalder
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stalders |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Stalders |
Origin of stalder
Probably from Old Norse stallr (“a stall, pedestal, shelf”), from the same root as stall. Compare Danish stald (“a stall”).
Questions about stalder
- What does stalder mean?
- Stalder means a wooden frame to set casks on.
- What part of speech is stalder?
- Stalder can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of stalder?
- The plural of stalder is stalders.
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