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.
| 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).
| ? a 1700 in Hodgson Water Mellock (1883) 33 (E.D.D.) None shall grave any turves for stadeling. 1825 Brockett N.C. Words, Staidlin, a part of a corn stack left standing. 1848 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life (ed. 2) 390 Staddlen, Staddling, stuff to make a staddle. 1866 J. E. Brogden Prov. Lincs. 194 Staddling, the bed or foundation upon which stacks of agricultural produce is placed. |