Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In mining, a small timber used to support the ground by being laid across the stulls, or in other ways: in some mining districts of England nearly the same as lacing or lagging.
Etymologies
German Stempel a stamp, a prop, akin to English stamp. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Motivet er så nærliggende, så ubetinget heltegyldigt, at da Skjoldungsagaerne voksede frem på folkemunde, måtte de åbnes med denne digtning; den var stadig -- så at sige -- lige nödvendig for at stemple den store helteskikkelse. "
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