stanchion

English

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Etymology

Old French estanson, estançon, (Modern French étançon), from estance (“a stay, a prop”), from Latin stans (“standing”), present participle of stō.

Pronunciation

• enPR: stănʹshən, IPA: /ˈstænʃən/, SAMPA: /"st{nS@n/ or
• enPR: stänʹshən, IPA: /ˈstɑːnʃən/, SAMPA: /"stA:nS@n/

Noun

stanchion (plural stanchions)

Stanchions supporting velvet rope

1. A vertical pole, post, or support.
2. A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.

Translations

vertical pole, post or support

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 柱子 (cmn) (zhùzi), 支柱 (cmn) (zhīzhù) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: paal (nl), post (nl) Esperanto: fosto (eo) Finnish: tolppa (fi), paalu (fi) French: appui (fr) m., étançon (fr) m. German: Pfosten (de) m., Stütze (de) f. Hungarian: oszlop (hu)

Italian: sostegno (it) m., puntello (it) m. Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: столб (ru) (stolb) m. Spanish: puntal (es) m. Swedish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

confinement

Dutch: afsluiting (nl)

Finnish: aitaus (fi)

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