stump

Definitions

• The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
• (politics) The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
• (figurative) A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
• (cricket) One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
• (drawing) An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
• A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
• (slang) A leg.
• A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key.
• A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.