stall
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Old English steall (“standing place, position”). Compare Dutch stal (“cattle shed”), German Stall (“cattle shed”), Old Norse stallr. Cognate with stand.
Noun[edit]
stall (plural stalls)
- (countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
- (countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days...
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Updike, Rabbit at Rest,
- Rabbit eases from the king-size bed, goes into their bathroom with its rose-colored one-piece Fiberglas tub and shower stall, and urinates into the toilet of a matching rose porcelain.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Updike, Rabbit at Rest,
- (countable) A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage.
- (aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded.
- (paganism and Heathenry) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
- 1989, Edred Thorsson, A Book of Troth, Llewellyn Publications, ISBN 9780875427775, page 156:
- In a private rite, a ring is drawn on the ground around a harrow or before an indoor stall.
- 2006, Selene Silverwind, “Asatruar Tools and Practices”, in Everything you need to know about Paganism[1], David & Charles, ISBN 9780715324868, page 117:
- Some Asatruar kindreds call their indoor altars stalls and their outdoor altars harrows.
- 2006, Mark Puryear, The Nature of Asatru: An Overview of the Ideals and Philosophy of the Indigenous Religion of Northern Europe[2], iUniverse, ISBN 9780595389643, page 237:
- Stalli (STAL-i) - Altar.
- 1989, Edred Thorsson, A Book of Troth, Llewellyn Publications, ISBN 9780875427775, page 156:
- A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
- A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
- 1910 [1840], Alexandre Dumas, père, translator not mentioned, Celebrated Crimes: Urbain Grandier, P. F. Collier edition,
- When he had been some months installed there as a priest-in-charge, he received a prebendal stall, thanks to the same patrons, in the collegiate church of Sainte-Croix.
- 1910 [1840], Alexandre Dumas, père, translator not mentioned, Celebrated Crimes: Urbain Grandier, P. F. Collier edition,
- A sheath to protect the finger.
Translations[edit]
a compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed
a small open-fronted shop
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a very small room used for a shower
a seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage
loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded
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Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
stall (third-person singular simple present stalls, present participle stalling, simple past and past participle stalled)
- (transitive) To put (an animal etc) in a stall.
- (intransitive) To come to a standstill.
- (intransitive, aeronautics) To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in total loss of lift.
- (obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.
- Shakespeare
- We could not stall together / In the whole world.
- Shakespeare
- (obsolete) To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
- (obsolete) To be tired of eating, as cattle.
Translations[edit]
To put (an animal etc) in a stall
To come to a standstill
To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in total loss of lift
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
stall (plural stalls)
- An action that is intended to cause or actually causes delay.
- His encounters with security, reception, the secretary, and the assistant were all stalls until the general manager's attorney arrived.
Translations[edit]
Verb[edit]
stall (third-person singular simple present stalls, present participle stalling, simple past and past participle stalled)
- (transitive) To employ delaying tactics against
- He stalled the creditors as long as he could.
- (intransitive) To employ delaying tactics
- Soon it became clear that she was stalling to give him time to get away.
Translations[edit]
To employ delaying tactics against
To employ delaying tactics
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Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
stall n
Declension[edit]
Declension of stall
Descendants[edit]
- Finnish: talli