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beam, bolster, brace, framework, pole, post, prop, stay, support, upright,

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stan⋅chion

[stan-shuh

–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) Pronunciation Key
n.

An upright pole, post, or support.
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

To equip with stanchions.
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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stanchion
noun
any vertical post or rod used as a support

Stanchion

Stan"chion\, n. [OF. estanson, estan[,c]on, F. ['e]tan[,c]on, from OF. estance a stay, a prop, from L. stans, stantis, standing, p. pr. of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Stanza.] [Written also stanchel.]

1. (Arch.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay.

2. (Naut.) Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.

3. A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.