stell

/ stɛl /

noun

1. a shelter for cattle or sheep built on moorland or hillsides

Word History and Origins

Origin of stell¹

C19

Example Sentences

This past May, Marlena Stell, a patient with symptoms nearly identical to Porsha’s, arrived at another hospital in the system, Houston Methodist The Woodlands.

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“I assumed they would do whatever to get the bleeding to stop,” Stell said.

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Stell says that instead, she was sent home and told to “let the miscarriage take its course.”

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Her father, William Robert “Rush” Stell, was a farmer and sheet metal worker.

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In late June, reporting this story about the history of women’s sports in Australia, I spoke with Marion Stell, a historian at the University of Queensland, about what at that time seemed like muted enthusiasm for the tournament, then around a month away.

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