stull

See also: Stull

English

Etymology

Related to German Stollen (“stull”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stullô (“support, post, beam”), but its route into English is uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Middle High German stolle. Doublet of stollen. Compare also stum.

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Noun

stull (plural stulls)

1. (UK, dialect, mining) A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to protect miners from falling stones.
2. Any timber prop to support a structure.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “stull”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Related terms

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Anagrams

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

stull m (definite singular stullen, indefinite plural stullar, definite plural stullane)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of stoll