Staddle: alternatives and connections

A noun suffix denoting that which pertains to, or serves for; as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory, et…

A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.

To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight…

A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.

A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff.

To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.

To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.

The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive woo…

To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.

A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch.

To support on crutches; to prop up.

of Crutch

A character, thus [/], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer…

A prop or support.

The African sugar cane (Holcus saccharatus), -- resembling the sorghum, or Chinese sugar cane.

That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as…

The armed or feruled end of a staff; in a sheephook, the end of the staff to which the hook is attached.