stanchion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an upright post, pole, or bar used to support a structure or form part of a barrier

   Steel stanchions supported the roof above the platform.

2. 2
   noun

   a frame of upright posts used to restrain or secure an animal

   The farmer guided the cow into the stanchion for milking.

From Middle English stanchon, through Anglo-French from Old French estanchon, a diminutive of estance ("stay or prop"). The family goes back to Latin stans ("standing"), the present participle of stare ("to stand").

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