Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A short stout post of wood or stone set in the ground for any purpose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. A short, stout post used for any purpose, a to mark a boundary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, dialect A short stout
post used for any purpose, such as the marking of aboundary .
Etymologies
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There are comparable words in Icelandic, Danish, and Swedish.
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Examples
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(VAHN'yah stulp) was handcuffed Tuesday after she refused to leave the area usually occupied by attorneys and would not follow the deputy's directions.
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