A shelf set into a mineshaft for storing waste material, or for use as a step or support.
Origin
Borrowed from Low German Stempel or Dutch stempel, akin to Old English stempan, all from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną ("to compress, squeeze, stamp").
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