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stulp

stulp noun: a short stout post used for any purpose, such as the marking of a boundary.

Noun

stulp (plural stulps)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A short stout post used for any purpose, such as the marking of a boundary.
    • Or 'neath the hazel's leafy thatch, On a stulp or mossy ground1821, John Care, The Village Minstrel: And Other Poems

Forms of stulp

pluralstulps

Origin of stulp

From Middle English stulp, stulpe, from Old Norse stólpi (“post, pillar”), from Proto-Germanic *stulpô (“post, pole, pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to be stiff”). Cognate with Icelandic stólpi, Swedish stolpe, Danish stolpe.

Questions about stulp

What does stulp mean?
Stulp means a short stout post used for any purpose, such as the marking of a boundary.
What part of speech is stulp?
Stulp is a noun.
What is the plural of stulp?
The plural of stulp is stulps.

Words near stulp in the dictionary

  1. Stuller
  2. Stullers
  3. stulls
  4. stulm
  5. stulms
  6. stulp
  7. Stulpicani
  8. stulps
  9. stult
  10. stulted
  11. stultification

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