jan 1, 1699 - staddle

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This word of Old English origin had the basic meaning of ‘foundation’, a place where something might stand. <i>c</i>.1530 <i>he knoweth that Richard Longbothome ... paid fyne for a myllstedyll or rode of land nigh where the said mill now standeth</i>, Halifax (YRS51/114). It was commonly used in connection with stacks of agricultural produce, referring to the foundation materials: 1614 <i>one stadle of rye</i>, Stockeld (YAJ34/178); 1642 <i>that they rake cleane ... the staddles of the stookes after-that they have given up the stookes</i>, Elmswell (DW48). The inference in coal-mining contexts may be that the coal stacks were built up on some kind of framework or platform: 1699 <i>the liberty of laying, stacking stadleing and carrying away coals</i>, Goldthorpe (WN).

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