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stulp

The English word “stulp” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

From Middle English stulp, stulpe, from Old Norse stólpi (“post, pillar”), from Proto-Germanic *stulpô (“post, pole, pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to be stiff”). Cognate with Icelandic stólpi, Swedish stolpe, Danish stolpe.

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