n. [ CF. Stum. ] A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish; also, a framework of boards to protect miners from falling stones. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OE. tullen. See Tole. ] To allure; to tole. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
With empty hands men may no hawkes tull. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F.; -- so called from the town of Tulle, in France. ] A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Tullianus, from
n. (Zool.) A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in the Great Lakes of North America; -- called also