stanchion
English
Etymology
From Old French estanson, estanchon, (Modern French étançon), from estance (“a stay, a prop”), from Latin stāns (“standing”), present participle of stō.
Pronunciation
- enPR: stănʹshən, IPA(key): /ˈstænʃən/ or
- (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) enPR: stänʹshən, IPA(key): /ˈstɑːnʃən/
Audio (Berkshire, UK) (file)
Noun
stanchion (plural stanchions)
![](Images/wiktionary/Stanchions_and_velvet_rope_-_37th_G8_summit_in_Deauville_002.jpg.webp)
Stanchions supporting velvet rope
- A vertical pole, post, or support.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IX, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 149:
- The train began to move. Lace walked with it, holding a stanchion.
- 1984, Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, →ISBN, page 10:
- You cross under the rusting stanchions of the old elevated highway and walk out to the pier.
- 2013, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 27, in The Childhood of Jesus, Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company, page 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.
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- A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.
Derived terms
- barrack stanchion
Translations
vertical pole, post or support
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confinement
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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