staddle

  1. Noun.  (archaic) A prop or support; a staff, crutch.
  2. Noun.  The lower part or supporting frame of a stack, a stack-stand.
  3. Noun.  Any supporting framework or base.
  4. Noun.  A small tree; sapling.
  5. Noun.  (context, agriculture) One of the separate plots into which a cock of hay is shaken out for the purpose of drying.
  6. Verb.  To form staddles of hay.
  7. Verb.  (forestry) to mark a sapling to be spared during a cut down of trees.

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