Forms: 1 stodl, stodle (or -la), 4 stoydel, 5 stedulle, stodul, studdul, -yll, 6 stodyll, studill, studle, 7– studdle. [OE. stodl masc., stodle or -la wk. fem. or masc.; = ON. stuðill masc., prop, related to STUD sb.1]
† 1. A post. Obs.
c. 1050. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 280/14. Postes, durstodl.
1368. Ely Sacrist Roll, in Parker’s Gloss. Archit. (1850), I. 449. In 60 arboribus quercinis empt’ pro stoydels et tignis, 25s.
† 2. Weaving. One of the upright posts of a loom. Obs.
a. 1100. Gerefa, in Anglia, IX. 263. He sceal fela tola … habban … stodlan.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 476/2. Stodul, or stedulle, of wevynge, telarium.
1562. Richmond Wills (Surtees), 156. A pece of clothe in studles, xiiij s. Ibid. A pare of studles.
1615. Brathwait, Strappado, 193. One to the studdles goes, the next begins To rauell for new wefte.
3. Mining. (See quot. 1881.)
1757. Borlase, Earthquake, in Phil. Trans., L. 503. In Herland mine,… the noise was heard 55 and 60 fathom deep, as if a studdle had broke, and the deads were set a running.
1875. J. H. Collins, Metal Mining, 38. Sometimes short corner pieces called ‘studdles’ are placed upright to keep the sets their proper distance apart.
1881. Raymond, Mining Gloss., Studdles, Corn. 1. Props supporting the middle of stulls. 2. Distance-pieces between successive frames of timbering.
† 4. = STADDLE sb. 6. (? A misreading of that word.) Obs.
1635. L. Fox, N.-W. Fox, 216. We found the broad footing of Deere, and hard by them, the frame of a Tent standing, which had lately been made, with the studdle of a fire, the haire of Deere, and bones of fowle, left heere.
