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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Staddle \Stad"dle\ (st[a^]d"d'l), n. [AS. sta[eth]ol,
     sta[eth]ul, a foundation, firm seat; akin to E. stand.
     [root]163. See {Stand}, v. i.] [Formerly written {stadle}.]
     1. Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a
        crutch; a cane.
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              His weak steps governing
              And aged limbs on cypress stadle stout. --Spenser.
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     2. The frame of a stack of hay or grain. [Eng.]
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     3. A row of dried or drying hay, etc. [Eng.]
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     4. A small tree of any kind, especially a forest tree.
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     Note: In America, trees are called staddles from the time
           that they are three or four years old till they are six
           or eight inches in diameter, or more. This is also the
           sense in which the word is used by Bacon and Tusser.
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