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Definition of: stanchion
(stan′shən) noun
1. An upright bar forming a principal support.
2. A vertical bar or pair of bars used to confine cattle in a stall.
—v.t.
1. To provide with stanchions.
2. To support or confine with stanchions. [<OF estanchon <estance situation, position. See STANCE.]
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