Mining. [? a. G. stolln, stollen of the same meaning.] An adit or level in a mine.
1684. Copper Mines, ii., in Phil. Trans., XVII. 741. It hath a Stulm or Shaft to draw Water from the Mine.
1724. Bailey (ed. 2), Stulm, a Shaft to draw Water out of a Mine.
1881. Raymond, Mining Gloss.
