staddlingn.
/ˈstadlɪŋ/ Now dialect.† 1. The starling or pier of a bridge. Obsolete. rare.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > parts of
pierlOE
bridge foota1450
heada1450
staddling1461
foota1500
bridge end1515
jowel1516
causey1523
starling?c1684
rib1735
spur1736
icebreaker1744
jetty1772
cutwater1776
roadway1798
sleeper1823
water-breaker1823
centrya1834
stem1835
suspension-tower1842
cantilever1850
semi-beam1850
pylon1851
half-chess1853
span1862
sway-bracing1864
needle-beam1867
ice apron1871
newel1882
flood-arch1891
needle girder1898
sway-brace1909
trough flooring1911
1461 in C. Welch Tower Bridge (1894) 89 For fishing next the stadelynges.
1481 City Lond. Letter Bk. L lf. 163 b By casting of ankers in the Goleis and Stadelynges vnder þe brygge.
1482 in 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).
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > rick-stand or -place
mow-staddle1235
rick-stavel1617
staddle-steada1642
stavel1669
rick staddle1675
staddlingc1706
staffolda1722
staddle1729
rick-stand1776
staddle-stones1785
mowstead1833
c1706 W. Dawson Paine Bk. in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. (1883) 7 33 None shall grave any turves for stadeling.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Staidlin, a part of a corn stack left standing.
1848 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. (new ed.) Gloss. 390 Staddling, stuff to make a staddle.
1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 194 Staddling, the bed or foundation upon which stacks of agricultural produce is placed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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