stelling

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noun

A site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies)

OriginDutch stelling →
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Meanings

stelling1

nounstelling (plural stellings)

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

Stelling2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Dutchstelling
  2. Dutchstelling
  3. Englishstelling

Borrowed from Dutch stelling.

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Cite this entry
APA

stelling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stelling

MLA

“stelling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stelling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stelling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stelling.

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