stable
noun
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
stabled
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past participleof stable.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof stable.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
stablenouna building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
Example Sentences
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At the time of the epidemic, more than 80% of the country’s 8.4 million horses were stabled on farms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Not all of the 1,500 horses stabled are eligible to race in the Kentucky Derby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025
Zazou is reportedly one of two of Mr Kadyrov's horses that are still stabled in the Czech Republic.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2023
Afterward, EO is relocated to a farm, where he’s stabled alongside a white stallion whose privileged status doesn’t protect it from human desires and designs.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
As long as Goblin was stabled there, no one was suspicious if Johnny hung about the stables, the yard, and the kitchen.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
