' A certain quantity of 'elms 'or small bundles of straw, gen.
' A certain quantity of 'elms 'or small bundles of straw, gen. a dozen and a half Grose (1790) ; Wil." Cf. stoop, sb.'
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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The stem of a shrub or small tree in a hedgerow, often laid by being partially cut through at the base in the process of laying a hedge.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A ladder.
(dialectal, Appalachian, Northern England, Scotland) A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
A small post for supporting paling.
'stubble'; a separate corn-stalk left in the ground.