Middle English Dictionary Entry
stāpeling n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stāpeling n. Also stapuling. |
| Etymology | From stāpel n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Coll. Pillars, columns.
Associated quotations
- (1356) Reg.Edw.Blk.Pr.4.562 : [The prince has leased and granted to Richard de Littelcote the quarry of Wattele..on condition that he send at his own costs to the castle..400 cartloads of stone, whereof 250 shall be of freestone for..] stapulyng.