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stelling

stelling noun: a site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies).

Noun

stelling (plural stellings)

  1. A site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies)
    • For a few pennies we could have a breakfast of pineapple, paw-paw, grapefruit and bananas, which could be bought a hundred yards from the stelling.1951, W. I. B. Crealock, Vagabonding Under Sail, Hastings House (New York), page 138

Proper noun capitalized: Stelling

Stelling

  1. A surname.

Forms of stelling

pluralstellings

Origin of stelling

Borrowed from Dutch stelling.

Questions about stelling

What does stelling mean?
Stelling means a site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies).
What part of speech is stelling?
Stelling can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of stelling?
The plural of stelling is stellings.

Words near stelling in the dictionary

  1. stellifies
  2. stelliform
  3. stellify
  4. stellifying
  5. stelligerous
  6. stelling
  7. Stellingen
  8. stellings
  9. Stellingwarfs
  10. Stellingwerfs
  11. stellio

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