staddleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English stathel, from 古期英語 staþol (“foundation, base, support, position, site, estate”), from Proto-Germanic *staþulaz (“position, standing”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, *sth₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Middle Low German stadel (“barn”), German Stadel (“barn”), Old Danish stedel (“ground, croft”), Icelandic stöðull (“position”). More at stand.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈstædəl/
• 韻: -ædəl

名詞

staddle (複数形 staddles)

1. (archaic) A prop or support; a staff, crutch.
2. The lower part or supporting frame of a stack, a stack-stand.
3. Any supporting framework or base.
4. A small tree; sapling.
5. (agriculture) One of the separate plots into which a cock of hay is shaken out for the purpose of drying.

動詞

staddle (三人称単数 現在形 staddles, 現在分詞 staddling, 過去形および過去分詞形 staddled)

1. To form staddles of hay.
2. (forestry) To mark a sapling to be spared during a cut down of trees.

参考

• staddle stone