Obs. [? a. Du. stel.] A stand for a barrel.
a. 1658. Cleveland, Sing-song, xiv. Poems (1659), 157. Her brests … Like swelling Buts of lively Wine Upon their ivory stells did shine.
1854. Miss Baker, Northampt. Gloss., Stell, a stand or stall for beer barrels.
1881. Leicester Gloss., Stell, a stand or frame to support barrels.
