dial. Obs. [Perh. a dialectal variant of stavel, STADDLE sb.
Cf. Sc. stale, stail, bottom of a stack (see Eng. Dial. Dict.), which is prob. a. ON. stál (Norw. staal) inside of a stack (? ultimately cogn. w. STADDLE sb.).]
(See quot.)
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. 72/2. Terms used by the Mower and Haymaker…. Raking the Bottom Stalls, is to Rake up all the scattered Hay about the Cocks, and cast it thereon.
