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Staddle vs Straddle - What's the difference?

staddle | straddle |

As nouns the difference between staddle and straddle

is that staddle is (archaic) a prop or support; a staff, crutch while straddle is a posture in which one straddles something.

As verbs the difference between staddle and straddle

is that staddle is to form staddles of hay while straddle is to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something.

staddle

English

(Staddle stones)

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) A prop or support; a staff, crutch.
  • The lower part or supporting frame of a stack, a stack-stand.
  • Any supporting framework or base.
  • A small tree; sapling.
  • (agriculture) One of the separate plots into which a of hay is shaken out for the purpose of drying.

    • Verb

    (staddl)
  • To form staddles of hay.
  • (forestry) to mark a sapling to be spared during a cut down of trees

    • See also

    * staddle stone

    straddle

    English

    Verb

  • To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something.
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , But guess my surprise, when I saw the lazy young rogue lie down on his back, and gently pull down Polly upon him, who giving way to his humour, straddled , and with her hands conducted her blind favourite to the right place}}
  • * 1853 , Nathaniel Hawthorne,
    • As they approached the entrance of the port, the giant straddled clear across it, with a foot firmly planted on each headland,
  • * 1978 , Jimmy Carter,
    • The mountain-ringed Yukon Flats basin straddles the Arctic Circle and is bisected by the Yukon River.
  • To form a disorderly sprawl.
  • (military) To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range.
  • (poker) To place a voluntary raise prior to receiving cards (only by the first player after the blinds).
  • To stand with the ends staggered; said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

    • Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia straddle)
  • a posture in which one straddles something
  • (finance) an investment strategy involving trade in derivatives
  • (poker) A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.