stulp

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noun

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

OriginMiddle English stulp ← Old Norse stólpi ← Proto-Germanic *stulpô →
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Meanings

nounstulp (plural stulps)

plural stulps

  1. UKdialectalA 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 ground

    1821, John Care, The Village Minstrel: And Other Poems

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*stel-“to be stiff”
  2. Proto-Germanic*stulpô“post, pole, pillar”
  3. Old Norsestólpi“post, pillar”
  4. Middle Englishstulp
  5. Englishstulp

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.

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APA

stulp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stulp

MLA

“stulp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stulp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stulp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stulp.

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