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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.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME stanchon < OF estanchon, equiv. to estanche (var. of estance, prob. < VL *stantia, equiv. to L stant- (s. of stāns), prp. of stāre to stand + -ia -y 3 ) + -on n. suffix
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stan·chion   (stān'chən, -shən)   
n.  
  1. An upright pole, post, or support.

  2. A framework consisting of two or more vertical bars, used to secure cattle in a stall or at a feed trough.

tr.v.   stan·chioned, stan·chion·ing, stan·chions
  1. To equip with stanchions.

  2. To confine (cattle) by means of stanchions.


[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.]
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stanchion 
1343, 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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