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staddling Now dial.|ˈstædlɪŋ|
Forms: 5 stadelyng, -ing, 9– staddling; also 9 staidlin, staddlen, stadelin, stadlin(g, steadlin, steddling, etc. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).
[f. staddle n. + -ing1. OE. had staðolung, -ing, vbl. n. f. staðolian stathel v.]
†1. The starling or pier of a bridge. Obs. rare.
1461in C. Welch Tower Bridge (1894) 89 For fishing next the stadelynges. 1481City Lond. Letter Bk. L lf. 163 b, By casting of ankers in the Goleis and Stadelynges vnder þe brygge. 1482in C. Welch Tower Bridge (1894) 89 Stadelinges and ground workys of the same brigge.
2. The materials used to form a foundation for a stack; the stand or foundation of a stack. Also (see quot. 1825).
a1700in Hodgson Water Mellock (1883) 33 (E.D.D.) None shall grave any turves for stadeling. 1825Brockett N.C. Words, Staidlin, a part of a corn stack left standing. 1848W. Barnes Poems Rural Life (ed. 2) 390 Staddlen, Staddling, stuff to make a staddle. 1866J. E. Brogden Prov. Lincs. 194 Staddling, the bed or foundation upon which stacks of agricultural produce is placed. |