STOL

At last the guests began to arrive, some in carioles, some in stol-kjaerres, and some few in ordinary carriages.
Katharine Frensham|Beatrice Harraden
So didst thou say the other day, that I had stol'n thy cock.
Gammer Gurton's Needle|Mr. S. Mr. of Art
The light stol'n forth o' the building would leave the whole house in gloom.
The Golden Censer|John McGovern
The Anglo-Saxons called their seats sett and stol, a name which we still preserve in the modern stool.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800|Mary Frances Cusack

Capt. Why, sweet, hath he not treacherously broke into our cabinet, and would have stol'n thee thence?
A Select Collection of Old English Plays|Robert Dodsley

British Dictionary definitions for STOL

STOL

/ (stɒl) /

noun

a system in which an aircraft can take off and land in a short distance

an aircraft using this systemCompare VTOL

Word Origin for STOL

C20: s (hort) t (ake) o (ff and) l (anding)

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