upstall, noun

Forms:
Also upstal.
Origin:
Englished form of Dutch opstal.
obs.
opstal.
1801 J. Barrow Trav. I. 84The buildings,..the vineyards and fruit groves planted, called the upstals, were saleable like any other property, and the lease continued to the purchaser.
1806 G.M. Theal Rec. of Cape Col. (1899) V. 409General State of the Revenues at the Cape of Good Hope...14. Duty on Sales of Upstalls of Loan Lands.
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