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stull

stull noun: a framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to protect miners from falling stones.

Noun

stull (plural stulls)

  1. (UK, dialectal) 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.

Proper noun capitalized: Stull

Stull

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas, United States, named after a postmaster.
  3. A census-designated place in Noxen Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Forms of stull

pluralstulls

Origin of stull

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.

Questions about stull

What does stull mean?
Stull means a framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to protect miners from falling stones.
What part of speech is stull?
Stull can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of stull?
The plural of stull is stulls.

Words near stull in the dictionary

  1. Stukeleys
  2. Stukey
  3. Stukeys
  4. stukkie
  5. stukkies
  6. stull
  7. Stuller
  8. Stullers
  9. stulls
  10. stulm
  11. stulms

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