| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | stan·chion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  st n ch n, -shn |
| NOUN: | 1. An upright pole, post, or support. 2. A framework consisting of two or more vertical bars, used to secure cattle in a stall or at a feed trough. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: stan·chioned, stan·chion·ing, stan·chions
1. To equip with stanchions. 2. To confine (cattle) by means of stanchions. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English stanchon, from Old French estanchon, probably from estance, act of standing upright, prop, from estans, present participle of ester, to stand, from Latin st re. See st- in Appendix I.
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