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Stabling

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sta⋅bling

  [stey-bling]
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–noun
1. accommodation for horses or other draft or farm animals in a stable.
2. stables collectively.
Origin:
1475–85; stable 1 + -ing 1

sta⋅ble

1  [stey-buhl] noun, verb, -bled, -bling.
–noun
1. a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
2. such a building with stalls.
3. a collection of animals housed in such a building.
4. Horse Racing.
a. an establishment where racehorses are kept and trained.
b. the horses belonging to, or the persons connected with, such an establishment.
5. Informal.
a. a number of people, usually in the same profession, who are employed, trained, or represented by the same company, agency, manager, etc.: a comedy show with a large stable of writers.
b. the establishment that trains or manages such a group of people: two boxers from the same stable.
c. a collection of items produced by or belonging to an establishment, industry, profession, or the like: The American auto industry has some new small cars in its stable.
–verb (used with object)
6. to put or lodge in or as if in a stable.
–verb (used without object)
7. to live in or as if in a stable.
Origin:
1200–50; ME stable < OF estable < L stabulum standing room, equiv. to sta-, s. of stāre to stand + -bulum n. suffix denoting place

Related forms:
sta⋅ble⋅like, adjective

Synonyms:
1. barn, mews.
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sta·ble 2   (stā'bəl)   
n.  

    1. A building for the shelter and feeding of domestic animals, especially horses and cattle.

    2. A group of animals lodged in such a building.

    3. All the racehorses belonging to a single owner or racing establishment. See Synonyms at flock1.

    4. The personnel employed to keep and train such a group of racehorses.

    1. All the racehorses belonging to a single owner or racing establishment. See Synonyms at flock1.

    2. The personnel employed to keep and train such a group of racehorses.

  3. A group, as of athletes or entertainers, under common management: a stable of prizefighters.

v.   sta·bled, sta·bling, sta·bles

v.   tr.
To put or keep in or as if in a stable.
v.   intr.
To live in or as if in a stable.

[Middle English, from Old French estable, from Latin stabulum, stable, standing place; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

stable  (n.)
"building where horses or cows are kept," c.1250, "building for domestic animals," from O.Fr. estable "a stable, stall" (also applied to cowsheds and pigsties), from L. stabulum "a stall, fold, aviary, etc." lit. "a standing place," from stem of stare "to stand" (see stet). Meaning "collection of horses belonging to one stable is attested from 1576; transf. sense of "group of fighters under same management" is from 1897; that of "group of prostitutes working for the same employer" is from 1937.
"For what the grete Stiede
Is stole, thanne he taketh hiede,
And makth the stable dore fast."
[John Gower, "Confessio Amantis," 1390]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sta·ble
Pronunciation: 'stA-b&l
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: sta·bler /-b(&-)l&r/;sta·blest /-b(&-)l&st/
1 : not changing or fluctuating stable>
2 : notsubject to insecurity or emotional illness stable personality>
3 a : not readily altering in chemical makeup or physical state <stable emulsions> b : not spontaneously radioactive
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Medical Dictionary

stable sta·ble (stā'bəl)
adj. sta·bler, sta·blest

  1. Resistant to change of position or condition.

  2. Not subject to mental illness or irrationality.

  3. Having no known mode of decay; indefinitely long-lived. Used of atomic particles.

  4. Not easily decomposed or otherwise modified chemically.

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