[stan-shuh
n] 
| 1. | an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc. |
| 2. | to furnish with stanchions. |
| 3. | to secure by or to a stanchion or stanchions. |
| stan·chion (stān'chən, -shən) n.
[Middle English stanchon, from Old French estanchon, probably from estance, act of standing upright, prop, from estans, present participle of ester, to stand, from Latin stāre; see stā- in Indo-European roots.] |