stell

Meanings

Verb

• To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
• To portray; delineate; display.

Noun

• A place; station.
• A stall; a fold for cattle.
• A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or climbing.
• A still.

Origin

• From Middle English stellen, from Old English stellan, from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European *stel-. Cognate with Dutch stellen, Low German stellen, German stellen, Old English steall. More at stall.
• Alteration of stall, after the verb to stell.