staddlen.
/ˈstad(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > that which lies under > base on which a thing rests
staddlea900
groundc950
base?c1335
standinga1382
foundation1398
basingc1400
bottom1440
subjecta1500
groundworka1557
basis?a1560
pedestal1563
understand1580
footwork1611
centrea1616
underwork1624
skaddle1635
substructure1641
foot piece1657
pediment1660
seat1661
sedes1662
under-warp1668
plantationa1680
terrace1735
substructure1789
footing1791
seating1805
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > foundation(s)
staddlea900
ground-stathelnessa1300
foundation1398
groundsel1433
ground-pinning1448
underpinning1538
groundworka1557
footing1611
substruction1624
under-filling1624
substructure1726
found1818
pinninga1825
well1832
soling1838
masonite1840
ground-statheling-
a900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iii. xxiii. (E.E.T.S.) 230 Se Drihtnes wer..in þære stowe þa staðolas sette þæs mynstres.
a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 247/1 Fundamentum uel fundamen, s. dictum quod fundus sit domui, staþol.
c1225 Juliana 72 & buldeð ower boldes uppon treowe staðele.
2. appos.1548 Woodland Lease (Merton Coll. Oxf. Archives: Rec. No. 1071) Excepte and reseruide vnto the saide warden and scollers..all suche standers or stathell okes as bi the lawes and statutes of this realme of Englonde is ordeynide and prouided to be lefte standinge when the saide woode shalbe fellide.† b. ? A tree-trunk, ? a staff. Obsolete. rare.† c. figurative.
a. A young tree left standing when others are cut down. Also dialect the root or stump of a tree that has been felled.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habitat > [noun] > forest tree > tree left standing
standard1473
staddle1543
waver1555
standing1580
sampler1652
stemmer1858
1543 Act 35 Hen. VIII (1544) c. 17 §1 The same stathilles or storers [elsewhere in the section standilles or storers].
1559 T. Phaer Boke of Presidentes (new ed.) 56 He..shal leaue standyng in and vpon the foresaid landes..competent and sufficient stathelles and storers.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 44v Leaue growing for staddles [1577 stadles], the likest and best.
1574 in Lipscomb Hist. Bucks (1847) III. 206 [Q. Elizabeth devised to Paul Wentworth] parcel of the monastery of Burnham except the great trees and staddells sufficient in every acre.
1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. xvi. f. 91v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Those yong staddles which we leaue standing.
1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 237 Like as it is in copices, where if you leaue your staddels too thick, you shal neuer haue cleane vnderwood, but shrubbes and bushes.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 276 Staddles,..Trees reserved at the Felling of Woods, for growth of Timber.
1733 Lease in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1877) at Steddle Reserving all timber trees..and also sufficient staddles in every acre of the said woodlands.
a1763 in Cent. Mag. (1884) Jan. 448/1 To stubb all staddles.
1766 Compl. Farmer (at cited word) Stadle,..also signifies a tree suffered to grow for coarse and common uses, as posts or rails.
1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. v. 274 At the edge of the woods, a rude structure had been hastily thrown up, of staddles interlaced with boughs.
1863 Trans. Essex Archæol. Soc. 2 187 Staddle, the stump left by the wood cutters for the next crop of underwood to grow from.
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1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F His weake steps gouerning, And aged limbs on Cypresse stadle stout.
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1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xx. 748/1 Concerning his courses holden with his wiues kindred, (the laterall issues and staddles of the Plantagenets) it fell out thus.
3.
a. The lower part of a stack of corn, hay, etc.[Cf. stall n.3; also the following passage, where the word means the underside of a turf:—]
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 398 Genim feower tyrf..Nim ele..and drype on ðone staðol ðara turfa.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > stack or rick > part of
staddle?a1500
boll-roakinga1642
hood1658
stall1688
well1710
staddle1743
hood-sheaf1799
tipple1799
hooding-sheaf1802
hooder1807
hackle1842
hay-hut1903
?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 785/21 Hic arcomus [read arconius], a stathele.
1581 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 28 A stadle of ottes..covered with peease 24s.
1614 G. Markham 2nd Bk. Eng. Husbandman ii. vii. 83 The best [manure] is the rotten staddell or bottomes of Hay-stackes.
1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments, or Eng. Huswife (new ed.) v. [ ii. vii.] 216 Some being old Corne, some new Corne, some of the heart of the stacke, and some of the stadle.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 37 One goinge afore with a forke and makinge the staddle, and the other comminge behinde with a rake.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Staddle, the bottom of a stack.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Steadle, Steidel, Styeddle, a portion of a stack begun and left unfinished on account of wet or other causes; or the part left standing after a portion has been carried into the barn.
b. A platform of timber, stone, etc. on which a stack or rick is placed. Also, in some districts, one of the stones with tapering tops and round flat under-surfaces, a number of which are placed on posts beneath ricks and granaries to raise them from the earth and keep rats out; also called staddle-stones or rick-staddles.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > rick-stand or -place
mow-staddle1235
rick-stavel1617
staddle-steada1642
stavel1669
rick staddle1675
staddlingc1706
staffolda1722
staddle1729
rick-stand1776
staddle-stones1785
mowstead1833
1729 P. Walkden Diary 9 July (1866) (modernized text) 30 I sodded the turf stack top, and dressed the mull from beside it, and from the staddle of our old one.
1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 56 His Barns are stor'd, And groaning Staddles bend beneath their Load.
1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 52 The farmers have their stacks built upon stathels laid on pillars of stone or wood.
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 67 It will be necessary to have proper stands or staddles provided for securing the corn.
1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. II. 177 To protect the [hay] stacks, they are either built upon high ground, or, if in the marshes, upon stadles or piles.
1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1149 Two open lodges..with stack staddles over their flat stone roofs.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 155 Stack-stools, or stathels, or staddles, as they are variously called, are sometimes made of cast-iron.
1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ix. 112 Lonesome ez steddles on a mash without no hay-ricks on.
1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 ii. 392 Few of the Lincolnshire ricks are built upon frames—a layer of straw being the usual ‘steddle’ or foundation.
1862 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 23 215 Prepare your staddles (or stathels or brandreths, brandreys, or by whatever name the place for the stack is called) in the field.
1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. vi. 73 The corn stood on stone staddles.
c. gen. A supporting framework.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > supporting framework
cradle1379
cratch1382
frame1388
brandreth1483
scaffold?1523
crate1526
bone1542
framework1578
anatomy1591
scaffoldage1609
brake1623
truss1654
skeletona1658
carcass1663
box frame1693
crib1693
scaffolding1789
staddlea1800
gantry1810
cradling1823
potence1832
ossaturea1878
tower1970
a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Staddle, anything that supports another is a staddle.
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 392 Staddle, what any thing stands on..the horse for casks, etc.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 234 Staddle, the foundation of a pack in iron-stone workings.
d. Agriculture (see quots.) dialect.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > stack or rick > part of
staddle?a1500
boll-roakinga1642
hood1658
stall1688
well1710
staddle1743
hood-sheaf1799
tipple1799
hooding-sheaf1802
hooder1807
hackle1842
hay-hut1903
1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) June x. 75 We put it [sc. the grass] into Staddles, load it, and carry it away into a Barn.
1798 J. Middleton View Agric. Middlesex 239 The grass-cocks are to be well shaken out into staddles (or separate plats) of five or six yards diameter.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) When hay-cocks are spread out and turned, the hay is said to be thrown into staddle.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > a vertical support, post, or stake
stakec893
studeOE
studdleeOE
stealc1000
stockc1000
postOE
stander1325
pillar1360
stilpc1380
bantelc1400
puncheon1423
stanchion1433
standard1439
side tree1451
stancher1488
stanchel1586
stipit1592
shore1601
trunch1622
arrectary1628
staddle1633
standing1800
mill-post1890
1633 T. James Strange Voy. 66 The Carpenter had set vp 17. ground timbers: and 34. Staddles.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific construction > [noun]
framec1425
staddlec1563
sided1602
brick house1608
dobe1838
brick1844
adobe1852
shell1852
cinderblock1868
tin chapel1884
brick veneer1885
red brick1892
gambrel1917
weatherboard1925
Terrapin1949
Portakabin1963
c1563 in Archaeologia Cantiana (1874) 9 115 De viginti sex domibus que vulgariter vocantur the old staddeles or six and twentie houses.
6. dialect. (See quots.)
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society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > other traces or vestiges
staddle1691
Indian sign1805
geological record1811
powder mark1823
earmark1836
rock record1851
tool-mark1865
staddle-stead1868
staddle-mark1876
waterline1876
posthole1888
tooth-mark1889
pollen count1926
snake mark1929
parch mark1947
tranchet blow1949
posthole pattern1950
posthole evidence1962
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > stained condition > stain
lita1325
pleckc1350
blotc1400
smodc1400
discolouring?a1425
spot?a1425
stain1583
denigration1641
discolouration1666
staddle1691
discolour1812
spang1839
blotting1842
suddle1861
staddle-stead1868
dabble1871
staddle-mark1876
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 68 A Staddle; a mark or impression made on any thing by somewhat lying upon it. So scars or marks of the Small-Pox are called Staddles.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Staddle,..a mark left in the grass by the long continuance of the hay in bad weather.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Staddle,..the marks or scars left by the small-pox.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Staddle, the stain left on metal after the rust is removed. West.
1856 P. Thompson Hist. & Antiq. Boston, Lincoln 725 The mark of anything remaining after the thing itself has been removed, is called its steddle.
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1803 A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. (new ed.) I. ii. iv. 385 Mark out a staddle, in proportion to the quantity of mud taken out.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations.† staddle barn n. Obsolete† staddle granary n. Obsolete a barn supported on staddles.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > barn > types of
tithe barn1543
tithing barn1659
corn-house1699
Dutch barn1742
staddle barn1794
bank barn1804
staddle granary1816
Pennsylvania barn1823
grain-barn1844
1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 96 A ‘stavel barn’ for wheat, built on stone pillars, to keep out rats and mice.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > barn > types of
tithe barn1543
tithing barn1659
corn-house1699
Dutch barn1742
staddle barn1794
bank barn1804
staddle granary1816
Pennsylvania barn1823
grain-barn1844
1816 Ann. Reg., Chron. 165/1 The lioness..on hearing the voice of the keeper retired underneath a staddle granary.
staddle-burnt n.
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1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Steddle-burnt, said of the seat of a hay~cock which has remained so long covered that the grass has dried or become bleached.
staddle-mark n.
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society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > other traces or vestiges
staddle1691
Indian sign1805
geological record1811
powder mark1823
earmark1836
rock record1851
tool-mark1865
staddle-stead1868
staddle-mark1876
waterline1876
posthole1888
tooth-mark1889
pollen count1926
snake mark1929
parch mark1947
tranchet blow1949
posthole pattern1950
posthole evidence1962
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > stained condition > stain
lita1325
pleckc1350
blotc1400
smodc1400
discolouring?a1425
spot?a1425
stain1583
denigration1641
discolouration1666
staddle1691
discolour1812
spang1839
blotting1842
suddle1861
staddle-stead1868
dabble1871
staddle-mark1876
1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Staddle, an impression left on a surface by any object,..the print being often called a staddlemark.
staddle-roof n.
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1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Staddle-roof, a protection for a stack.
staddle-row n.
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1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Staddle-row, a large row of dried grass ready for quiling or carrying. Derby.
staddle-stand n. (see quots.).
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1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Staddle-stand, a stack stand.
staddle-stead n. †(a) the place where a stack or shock has stood; (b) dialect a mark, stain or blemish.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > rick-stand or -place
mow-staddle1235
rick-stavel1617
staddle-steada1642
stavel1669
rick staddle1675
staddlingc1706
staffolda1722
staddle1729
rick-stand1776
staddle-stones1785
mowstead1833
society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > other traces or vestiges
staddle1691
Indian sign1805
geological record1811
powder mark1823
earmark1836
rock record1851
tool-mark1865
staddle-stead1868
staddle-mark1876
waterline1876
posthole1888
tooth-mark1889
pollen count1926
snake mark1929
parch mark1947
tranchet blow1949
posthole pattern1950
posthole evidence1962
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > stained condition > stain
lita1325
pleckc1350
blotc1400
smodc1400
discolouring?a1425
spot?a1425
stain1583
denigration1641
discolouration1666
staddle1691
discolour1812
spang1839
blotting1842
suddle1861
staddle-stead1868
dabble1871
staddle-mark1876
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 54 They..gather togeather..that which is lefte in the staddlestead wheare the stooke stood.
1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Staddlestead.
staddle-stones n. the stones on which a staddle or stack-frame is supported.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > rick-stand or -place
mow-staddle1235
rick-stavel1617
staddle-steada1642
stavel1669
rick staddle1675
staddlingc1706
staffolda1722
staddle1729
rick-stand1776
staddle-stones1785
mowstead1833
1785 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 5 Feb. 3/4 A Stump of Hay, Sets of Staddle Stones..and sundry other Articles.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
staddlev.
/ˈstad(ə)l/ dialect.† 1. transitive. (See quots.) Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [verb (transitive)] > leave young trees unfelled at intervals
staddle1573
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 44v First see it well fensed, or heawers begin, then see it well staddled [1577 stadled], without & within.
1574 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 44v Staddling of woods.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. To stadle a wood; i.e. in cutting a wood, to leave at certain distances a sufficient number of young plants to replenish it.
2. To stain, mark, leave an impression on.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > stain
mealeOE
litc1230
beblotc1374
depaintc1374
entachc1374
stain1382
tache1390
wem1398
molec1400
blob1429
blotc1440
imbruec1450
maculate?a1475
thorough-stain1593
commaculatec1616
stigmatizea1637
tattoo1774
staddle1828
bestain1869
society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [verb (transitive)] > stain, mark, or leave impression on
staddle1828
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) A person's face is said to be staddled with measles.
1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 196 Don't stedle the cloth... How steddled my dress looks!
1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 377 Inferior ‘blue’ is said to go staddled upon the linen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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