noun
Meaning 1
A support.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
Examples
- These stuts buckled.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
stut
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verb
Meaning 2
To support, prop up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, transitive
Examples
- When the upper storey of the house was altered the roof had to be stutted up for the time being.
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verb
Meaning 3
To stutter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stuttijan. Cognate with German stützen (“to support”), Dutch stutten (“to support”), Danish støtte (“to support”), Norwegian støtte (“to support”), Swedish stötta (“to support”), Icelandic styðja (“to support”).
From Middle English stutten (“to stammer, stop short”), from Old English *stuttan (“to stop short, stutter”), from Proto-Germanic *stutjaną (“to stammer, stop short”). Cognate with German stutzen (“to hesitate, stumble, stop short”).