stull

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noun

A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to protect miners from falling stones.

OriginProto-Germanic *stullô ← Middle High German stolle →
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Meanings

stull1

nounstull (plural stulls)

plural stulls

  1. UKdialectalbusinessA framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to protect miners from falling stones.
  2. Any timber prop to support a structure.

Stull2

proper noun
  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.

Origin

  1. Middle High Germanstolle
  2. Proto-Germanic*stullô“support, post, beam”
  3. Englishstull

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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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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