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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.
[See Stanch.] A prop or support; a piece of timber int he form of a stake or post, used for a support. In ship-building, stanchions of wood or iron are of different forms, and are used to support the deck, the quarter rails, the nettings, awnings and the like.

Definition 2024


stanchion

stanchion

English

Noun

stanchion (plural stanchions)

Stanchions supporting velvet rope
  1. 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.
  2. A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.

Translations

Verb

stanchion (third-person singular simple present stanchions, present participle stanchioning, simple past and past participle stanchioned)

  1. To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
  2. To confine by means of stanchions, typically used for cattle.

References

  • stanchion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913