Stanchion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈstanʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stanchion is a noun meaning A vertical pole, post, or support.
Meaning
A vertical pole, post, or support.
More Meanings
- A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.
- To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
- To confine by means of stanchions, typically used for cattle.
Example Sentences
The train began to move. Lace walked with it, holding a stanchion.
You cross under the rusting stanchions of the old elevated highway and walk out to the pier.
He staggers against a stanchion, trips over a rope, and tumbles into the space between the quay and the steel plates of the freighter.
Hiro climbs on his bike, eases it through the neighbourhood and onto the Street, and then gosses it up to a few hundred miles an hour, slaloming between the stanchions of the monorail, praticing.
Word Forms
- stanchions
- stanchioning
- stanchioned
Related Words
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