Obs. exc. dial. [Cf. G. dial. stollen slice of bread.] A great piece or hunch (of anything edible).
a. 1400–50. Wars Alex., 4436. Þan as a Mare at a moghe ȝoure mawis ye fill,… Stuffis so your stomake with stullis & of wynes, Þat vnethis haldis, be ȝe hoo þe hide of ȝow hale!
1674. Ray, S. & E. Country Wds., 76*. A Stull: a luncheon a great piece of bread, cheese or other Victuals, Ess[ex].
1885. Spilling, Daisy Dimple, 38 (E.D.D.). He kept taking great bites out of a thick stull of dirty-looking bread.
