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stall

1 [stawl]

–noun

1.	a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.

2.	a stable or shed for horses or cattle.

3.	a booth or stand in which merchandise is displayed for sale, or in which some business is carried on (sometimes used in combination): a butcher's stall; a bookstall.

4.	carrel (def. 1).

5.	one of a number of fixed enclosed seats in the choir or chancel of a church for the use of the clergy.

a pew.

7.	any small compartment or booth for a specific activity or housing a specific thing: a shower stall.

8.	a rectangular space marked off or reserved for parking a car or other vehicle, as in a parking lot.

9.	an instance or the condition of causing an engine, or a vehicle powered by an engine, to stop, esp. by supplying it with a poor fuel mixture or by overloading it.

10.	Aeronautics. an instance or the condition of causing an airplane to fly at an angle of attack greater than the angle of maximum lift, causing loss of control and a downward spin. Compare critical angle (def. 2).

11.	a protective covering for a finger or toe, as various guards and sheaths or one finger of a glove.

12.	British. a chairlike seat in a theater, separated from others by arms or rails, esp. one in the front section of the parquet.

–verb (used with object)

13.	to assign to, put, or keep in a stall or stalls, as an animal or a car.

14.	to confine in a stall for fattening, as cattle.

15.	to cause (a motor or the vehicle it powers) to stop, esp. by supplying it with a poor fuel mixture or overloading it.

16.

Aeronautics.

a.	to put (an airplane) into a stall.

b.	to lose control of or crash (an airplane) from so doing.

17.	to bring to a standstill; check the progress or motion of, esp. unintentionally.

18.	to cause to stick fast, as in mire or snow.

–verb (used without object)

19.	(of an engine, car, airplane, etc.) to be stalled or go through the process of stalling (sometimes fol. by out).

20.	to come to a standstill; be brought to a stop.

21.	to stick fast, as in mire.

22.	to occupy a stall, as an animal.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE steall; c. G Stall, ON stallr; akin to OE stellan, G stellen to put, place

Related forms:

stall-like, adjective

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stall

2 [stawl]

–verb (used without object)

1.	to delay, esp. by evasion or deception.

2.	Sports. to prolong holding the ball as a tactic to prevent the opponent from scoring, as when one's team has the lead. Compare freeze (def. 31).

–verb (used with object)

3.	to delay or put off, esp. by evasion or deception (often fol. by off): He stalled the police for 15 minutes so his accomplice could get away.

–noun

4.	a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.

5.	Underworld Slang. the member of a pickpocket's team who distracts the victim long enough for the theft to take place.

6.	Sports. slowdown (def. 3).

Origin:
1490–1500; earlier stale decoy bird (> AF estale decoy pigeon), OE stæl- decoy (in stælhrān decoy reindeer); akin to stall ¹

car⋅rel

[kar-uh

–noun

1.	Also called cubicle, stall. a small recess or enclosed area in a library stack, designed for individual study or reading.

2.	a table or desk with three sides extending above the writing surface to serve as partitions, designed for individual study, as in a library.

Also, carrell.

Origin:
1585–95; var. sp. of carol enclosure

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stall¹ (stôl)

A compartment for one domestic animal in a barn or shed.
1. A booth, cubicle, or stand used by a vendor, as at a market.
2. A small compartment: a shower stall.
3. An enclosed seat in the chancel of a church.
4. A pew in a church.
1. An enclosed seat in the chancel of a church.
2. A pew in a church.
Chiefly British A seat in the front part of a theater.
A space marked off, as in a garage, for parking a motor vehicle.
A protective sheath for a finger or toe.
The sudden, unintended loss of power or effectiveness in an engine.
A condition in which an aircraft or airfoil experiences an interruption of airflow resulting in loss of lift and a tendency to drop.

v. stalled, stall·ing, stalls

v. tr.

To put or lodge in a stall.
To maintain in a stall for fattening: to stall cattle.
To halt the motion or progress of; bring to a standstill.
To cause (a motor or motor vehicle) accidentally to stop running.
To cause (an aircraft) to go into a stall.

v. intr.

To live or be lodged in a stall. Used of an animal.
To stick fast in mud or snow.
To come to a standstill: Negotiations stalled.
To stop running as a result of mechanical failure: The car stalled on the freeway.
To lose forward flying speed, causing a stall. Used of an aircraft.

[Middle English stalle, from Old English steall, standing place, stable; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]

stall² (stôl)

n.  A ruse or tactic used to mislead or delay.
v.   stalled, stall·ing, stalls

v.   tr.
To employ delaying tactics against: stall off creditors.
v.   intr.
To employ delaying tactics: stalling for time.

[Alteration (influenced by stall¹) of obsolete stale, pickpocket's accomplice, from Middle English, decoy, from Anglo-Norman estale, of Germanic origin; possibly akin to Old English stǣl, stathol, place, position; see staddle.]

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Stall

Stall\, n. A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.

Stall

Stall\, n. [OE. stal, AS. steall, stall, a place, seat, or station, a stable; akin to D. & OHG. stal, G. & Sw. stall, stallr, Dan. stald, originally, a standing place; akin to G. selle a place, stellen to place, Gr. ? to set, place, send, and E. stand. ? 163. See Stand, and cf. Apostle, Epistle, Forestall, Install, Stale, a. & v. i., 1st Stalk, Stallion, Still.]

1. A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal. "In an oxes stall." --Chaucer.

2. A stable; a place for cattle.

At last he found a stall where oxen stood. --Dryden.

3. A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.

4. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.

How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid. --Gay.

5. A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.

The dignifird clergy, out of humanility, have called their thrones by the names of stalls. --Bp. Warburton.

Loud the monks in their stalls. --Longfellow.

6. In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.

7. (Mining) The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.

Stall reader, one who reads books at a stall where they are exposed for sale.

Cries the stall reader, "Bless us! what a word on A titlepage is this!" --Milton.

Stall

Stall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stalling.] [Cf. Sw. stalla, Dan. stalde.]

1. To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.

Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled.

Dryden.

2. To fatten; as, to stall cattle. [Prov. Eng.]

3. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install. --Shak.

4. To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart. --Burton.

His horses had been stalled in the snow. --E. E. Hale.

5. To forestall; to anticipitate. Having

This not to be stall'd by my report. --Massinger.

6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.]

Stall this in your bosom. --Shak.

Stall

Stall\, v. i. [AS. steallian to have room. See Stall, n.]

1. To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. [Obs.]

We could not stall together In the whole world. --Shak.

2. To kennel, as dogs. --Johnson.

3. To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.

4. To be tired of eating, as cattle. [Prov. Eng.]

Language Translation for : stall

Italian: stalla, scuderia,

German: die Box,

Japanese: 畜舎

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stall (n.1)

"place in a stable for animals," O.E. steall "place where cattle are kept, place, position," from P.Gmc. *stallaz (cf. O.N. stallr "pedestal for idols, altar," O.Fris. stal, O.H.G. stall "stand, place, stable, stall," Ger. Stall "stable," Stelle "place"), earlier *stalnaz- or *stathlo-, from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (cf. Gk. stellein "to set in order, arrange, equip;" see stet). The word passed into Romanic languages (cf. It. stallo "place," stalla "stable;" O.Fr. estal "place, position, stand, stall," Fr. étal "butcher's stall"). Several meanings, including that of "a stand for selling" (c.1250, implied in stallage "tax levied for the privilege of erecting a stall at a market or fair"), are from (or influenced by) O.Fr. estal. Meaning "partially enclosed seat in a choir" is attested from c.1400; that of "urinal in a men's room" is from 1967.

stall (n.2)

"pretense to avoid doing something," variant of stale "bird used as a decoy to lure other birds" (c.1440), from Anglo-Fr. estale "decoy, pigeon used to lure a hawk" (13c., cf. stool pigeon), lit. "standstill," from O.Fr. estal "place, stand, stall," from Frankish *stal- "position," cognate with O.E. steall (see stall (n.1)). Cf. O.E. stælhran "decoy reindeer," Ger. stellvogel "decoy bird." Fig. sense of "deception, means of allurement" is first recorded c.1529. Meaning "evasive trick or story, pretext, excuse" first recorded 1812 (see stall (v.)); sense entwined with that of "thief's assistant" (1591).

"The stallers up are gratified with such part of the gains acquired as the liberality of the knuckling gentlemen may prompt them to bestow." [J.H. Vaux, "Flash Dictionary," 1812]

stall (v.)

1592, "to screen a pickpocket from observation," from stall (n.2) "decoy." Meaning "to precaricate, be evasive, play for time" is attested from 1903. Of engines or engine-powered vehicles, it is attested from 1904 (trans.), 1914 (intrans.), from earlier sense of "to become stuck, come to a standstill" (c.1400), which is directly from O.Fr. estale or O.E. steall (see stall (n.1)).

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