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box stall

noun

  1. a room-sized stall, usually square, for a horse or other large animal.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of box stall1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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Example Sentences

The frost penetrated to the snug box-stall, and the poor little lamb shivered and refused to pay attention to its mother.

Swiftly Matt extinguished the light, caught Carl by the arm and pulled him across the barn and into a box-stall.

While they crouched breathlessly in the box-stall they heard a sound of fumbling movements, then the scratching of a match.

The girls came down hastily, and ran to the door of the second box stall, which had been empty since they came.

Elihu Titus then breathed a long sigh and went silently to curry a horse in a neighbouring box stall.

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