stall
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /stɔːl/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔːl
- (US) IPA(key): /stɔl/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /stɑl/
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English stall, stalle, from Old English steall (“standing place, position”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”).
Noun[edit]
stall (plural stalls)
- (countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
- Synonym: boose
- A stable; a place for cattle.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Cock and the Fox: Or, The Tale of the Nun’s Priest, from Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415, page 231:
- His Fellow ſought what Lodging he could find: / At laſt he found a Stall where oxen ſtood, / And that he rather choſe than lie abroad.
- A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
- 1714, J[ohn] Gay, “Saturday; or, The Flights”, in The Shepherd’s Week. In Six Pastorals, London: […] R. Burleigh […], OCLC 22942401, lines 71–74, page 57:
- Now he goes on, and ſings of fairs and ſhows, / For ſtill new fairs before his eyes aroſe. / How pedlars' ſtalls with glitt'ring toys are laid, / The various fairings of the country maid.
- (countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
- He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days [...]
- 2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI: , page 3:
- Despite the swift backpedalling of the university, the original notice given to stall operators is suggestive of the potential existence of ‘a growing English-speaking elite’ that is ‘happy to maintain the importance of the English language’.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
- A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.
- 1990, 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.
- 1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest:
- (countable) A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
- (aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded.
- (Germanic paganism) 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, page 156:
- In a private rite, a ring is drawn on the ground around a harrow or before an indoor stall.
- 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.
- (mining) The space left by excavation between pillars.
- (Canada) A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
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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.
- to stall an ox
- 1697, “The Ninth Book of the Æneis”, in Virgil; John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432, lines 523–526, page 479:
- But Niſus hit the Turns with happier haſte, / And thoughtleſs of his Friend, the Foreſt paſs’d: / And Alban Plains, from Alba’s Name ſo call’d, / Where King Latinus then his Oxen ſtall’d.
- To fatten.
- to stall cattle
- (intransitive) To come to a standstill.
- 1960 July, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 443:
- [...] the 4-4-0 unhappily stalled after a stop on Reading Old Bank with its eight-coach load and the Reading Up Line pilot, a "Hall", had to bank the train into Reading General.
- (transitive) To cause to stop making progress, to hinder, to slow down, to delay or forestall.
- To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
- to stall a cart
- 1884, Edward Everett Hale, The Fortunes of Rachel:
- His horses had been stalled in the snow.
- (intransitive, of an engine) To stop suddenly.
- (transitive, automotive) To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.
- (intransitive, aviation) To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- (transitive, aviation) To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- The pilot stalled the plane by pulling the nose up too high at a slow airspeed.
- (obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i], page 364, column 2:
- I must perforce / Haue ſhewne to thee ſuch a declining day, / Or looke on thine: we could not ſtall together / In the whole world.
- (obsolete) To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
- (obsolete) To be tired of eating, as cattle.
- To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii]:
- Deck'd in thy rights , as thou art stall'd in mine
- To forestall; to anticipate.
- 1636, Philip Massinger, The Bashful Lover
- not to be stall'd by my report
- 1636, Philip Massinger, The Bashful Lover
- To keep close; to keep secret.
- c. 1604–1605, William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii], page 233, column 2:
- You haue diſcharg'd this honeſtlie, keepe it to your ſelfe, [...] praie you leaue mee, ſtall this in your boſome, and I thanke you for your honeſt care: I will ſpeake with you further anon.
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English stallen (“to abide, dwell, place in a location, stop, come to a standstill”), partly from Old French estaler, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 (see above); and partly from Middle English stalle (“fixed position, stall”).
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.
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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.
Synonyms[edit]
- (transitive): delay, postpone, put off
- (intransitive): delay, penelopize, procrastinate
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References[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “stall”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
stall m (definite singular stallen, indefinite plural staller, definite plural stallene)
- a stable (building where horses are housed)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “stall” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
stall m (definite singular stallen, indefinite plural stallar, definite plural stallane)
- a stable (building where horses are housed)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “stall” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish stalder, from Old Norse stallr.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
stall n
- stable, building for housing horses
- a team in certain sports, in particular racing.
- bridge (of a violin etc.)
Declension[edit]
Declension of stall | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | stall | stallet | stall | stallen |
Genitive | stalls | stallets | stalls | stallens |
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Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse stallr, from Proto-Germanic *stallaz.
Noun[edit]
stall m (definite singular stalln, definite plural stalla)
- a stable (building where horses are housed)
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