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stad·dle  (stdl)
n.
A base or support, especially a platform on which hay or straw is stacked.
[Middle English stathel, from Old English stathol; see st- in Indo-European roots.]
staddle [ˈstædəl]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a support or prop, esp a low flat-topped stone structure for supporting hay or corn stacks about two feet above ground level
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a supporting frame for such a stack
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the lower part of a hay or corn stack
[Old English stathol base; related to Old Norse stothull cow pen, Old High German stadal barn]
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Noun1.staddle - a base or platform on which hay or corn is stacked
pedestal, stand, base - a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"
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If all this is too flippant for you, the serious collector is spoilt for choice by about 200 years of decorative garden antiques: fountains, urns, sundials, staddle stones (or mushroom stones), birdbaths and jardiniAres' furniture made from stone, marble, cast iron, notably the famous Coalbrookdale products, and even garden gnomes - some of which do qualify as antiques.
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Priced at pounds 350,000, the four-bedroom mid-terrace cottage is called Staddle Stones with an address of The Fold Yard, Hartford Hall.
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Sutherland escaped with staddle stones worth more than pounds 6,000, committing 24 offences between November last year and April.
Staddlestone thief jailed by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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