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Webster 1913 Edition
Stanchion
Stan′chion
(stăn′shŭn ; 277)
, Noun.
[OF.
estanson
, estançon
, F. étançon
, from OF. estance
a stay, a prop, from L. stans
, stantis
, standing, p. pr. of stare
to stand. See Stand
, and cf. Stanza
.] [Written also
stanchel
.] 1.
(Arch.)
A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay.
2.
(Naut.)
Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.
3.
A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stanchion
STANCHION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
stanchion
stanchion
English
Noun
stanchion (plural stanchions)
Stanchions supporting velvet rope
- A vertical pole, post, or support.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter IX, p. 149,
- The train began to move. Lace walked with it, holding a stanchion.
- 2013, J. M. Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus. Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 268.
- He staggers against a stanchion, trips over a rope, and tumbles into the space between the quay and the steel plates of the freighter.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter IX, p. 149,
- A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.
Translations
vertical pole, post or support
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Verb
stanchion (third-person singular simple present stanchions, present participle stanchioning, simple past and past participle stanchioned)
- To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
- To confine by means of stanchions, typically used for cattle.
References
- stanchion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913