stulp

English

Etymology

There are comparable words in Icelandic, Danish, and Swedish.

Noun

stulp (plural stulps)

1. (UK, dialect) A short stout post used for any purpose, such as the marking of a boundary.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “stulp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʏlp

Noun

stulp f (plural stulpen, diminutive stulpje n)

1. Alternative form of stolp
2. hut, shelter