Staddle

·vt To form into staddles, as hay.

II. Staddle ·vi A row of dried or drying hay, ·etc.

III. Staddle ·vi The frame of a stack of hay or grain.

IV. Staddle ·vi A small tree of any kind, especially a forest tree.

V. Staddle ·vt To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is cut.

VI. Staddle ·vi Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane.

staddle
A young tree; a tree left to grow when others are cut; standard.--Worcester. Leave growing for stad...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
staddle
1) anything that supports another is a staddle. 2) a mark or impression made on any thing by somewh...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose