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stanchion

[stan-shuhn] Origin

stan·chion

[stan-shuhn]
noun
1.
an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
verb (used with object)
2.
to furnish with stanchions.
3.
to secure by or to a stanchion or stanchions.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English stanchon < Old French estanchon, equivalent to estanche (variant of estance, probably < Vulgar Latin *stantia, equivalent to Latin stant- (stem of stāns), present participle of stāre to stand + -ia -y3) + -on noun suffix
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stanchion (ˈstɑːnʃən)
 
n
1.  any vertical pole, rod, etc, used as a support
 
vb
2.  (tr) to provide or support with a stanchion or stanchions
 
[C14: from Old French estanchon, from estance, from Vulgar Latin stantia (unattested) a standing, from Latin stāre to stand]

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stanchion
mid-14c., from O.Fr. estanchon "prop, brace, support" (Fr. étançon), probably from estant "upright," from prp. of ester "be upright, stand," from L. stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
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