stull

[ stuhl ]

/ stʌl /

noun Mining.

a timber prop.

a timber wedged in place between two walls of a stope as part of a protective covering or platform.

Nearby words

stuffing nut, stuffy, stuiver, stuka, stukkend, stull, stultify, stum, stumble, stumble across, stumblebum

Origin of stull

1770–80; origin uncertain; compare German Stollen prop, stollen

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Examples from the Web for stull

Stull leaned forward; Curfoot bent his lean, narrow head nearer; Neeland, staring fixedly at his open book, pricked up his ears.
The Dark Star|Robert W. Chambers
But Stull said nothing and his sour, pasty visage turned sourer.
The Dark Star|Robert W. Chambers
Subsequent authors (see synonymy of P. deppei deppei in Stull, 1940: 25) have treated pholidostictus as a synonym of deppei.
A Taxonomic Study of the Middle American Snake, Pituophis deppei|William E. Duellman
A'm married to his daughter; an' A say stull, that d———my blood, bit A'll stick to my father-in-laa!
The Poor Scholar|William Carleton

Eddie,” interrupted Stull, “let me do the talking this time, if you please.
The Dark Star|Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for stull

stull

/ (stʌl) /

noun

mining a timber prop or platform in a stope

Word Origin for stull

C18: perhaps from German Stollen, from Old High German stollo

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