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stull (stul)

noun

any of several kinds of supports or frameworks used in mines to prevent cave-ins, support a platform, etc.

Etymology: prob. < Ger stolle, a post, orig., short, thick prop: for IE base see still

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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