stull

noun — 2 senses

stull

noun

Etymology 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.

Business, Mining UK, Dialectal A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to protect miners from falling stones.

Any timber prop to support a structure.

Related terms: Stull

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