stabling

[ stey-bling ]

/ ˈsteɪ blɪŋ /

noun

accommodation for horses or other draft or farm animals in a stable.

stables collectively.

Nearby words

Origin of stabling

First recorded in 1475–85; stable¹ + -ing¹

stable

[ stey-buhl ]

/ ˈsteɪ bəl /

noun

a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.

such a building with stalls.

a collection of animals housed in such a building.

Horse Racing.

an establishment where racehorses are kept and trained.
the horses belonging to, or the persons connected with, such an establishment.

Informal.

a number of people, usually in the same profession, who are employed, trained, or represented by the same company, agency, manager, etc.: a comedy show with a large stable of writers.
the establishment that trains or manages such a group of people: two boxers from the same stable.
a collection of items produced by or belonging to an establishment, industry, profession, or the like: The American auto industry has some new small cars in its stable.

verb (used with object), sta·bled, sta·bling.

to put or lodge in or as if in a stable.

verb (used without object), sta·bled, sta·bling.

to live in or as if in a stable.

Origin of stable

1200–50; Middle English stable < Old French estable < Latin stabulum standing room, equivalent to sta-, stem of stāre to stand + -bulum noun suffix denoting place

SYNONYMS FOR stable

1. barn, mews.

Related formssta·ble·like, adjectiveun·sta·bled, adjective

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Examples from the Web for stabling

Then for one thing there was stabling for only forty horses; and of course, as I told them, this would never do.
Trivia|Logan Pearsall Smith
Mr. Gresley was stabling his bicycle in the hall as she crossed it.
Red Pottage|Mary Cholmondeley
The rent is three hundred pounds a year; there are fifty acres of pasture, and stabling for thirty horses.
Spring Days|George Moore
A farm cultivated in grain chiefly requires but little room for stabling purposes.
Cattle and Their Diseases|Robert Jennings

Even the very avenues and walks were converted into stabling.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete|Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

British Dictionary definitions for stabling

stabling

/ (ˈsteɪblɪŋ) /

noun

stable buildings or accommodation

stable

/ (ˈsteɪbəl) /

noun

a building, usually consisting of stalls, for the lodging of horses or other livestock

the animals lodged in such a building, collectively

the racehorses belonging to a particular establishment or owner
the establishment itself
(as modifier)stable companion

informal a source of training, such as a school, theatre, etcthe two athletes were out of the same stable

a number of people considered as a source of a particular talenta stable of writers

(modifier) of, relating to, or suitable for a stablestable manners

verb

to put, keep, or be kept in a stable

Word Origin for stable

C13: from Old French estable cowshed, from Latin stabulum shed, from stāre to stand

stable

/ (ˈsteɪbəl) /

adjective

steady in position or balance; firm

lasting or permanenta stable relationship

steadfast or firm of purpose

(of an elementary particle, atomic nucleus, etc) not undergoing decay; not radioactivea stable nuclide

(of a chemical compound) not readily partaking in a chemical change

(of electronic equipment) with no tendency to self-oscillation

Derived Formsstableness, nounstably, adverb

Word Origin for stable

C13: from Old French estable, from Latin stabilis steady, from stāre to stand

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Word Origin and History for stabling

stable

"building where horses or cows are kept," early 13c., "building for domestic animals," from Old French estable "a stable, stall" (also applied to cowsheds and pigsties), from Latin stabulum "a stall, fold, aviary, etc." literally "a standing place," from stem of stare "to stand" (see stet).

Meaning "collection of horses belonging to one stable is attested from 1570s; transferred sense of "group of fighters under same management" is from 1897; that of "group of prostitutes working for the same employer" is from 1937.

For what the grete Stiede
Is stole, thanne he taketh hiede,
And makth the stable dore fast.
[John Gower, "Confessio Amantis," 1390]

stable

adj.

"steadfast, firm," mid-13c., from Old French estable, from Latin stabilis "firm, steadfast," literally "able to stand," from stem of stare "to stand" (see stet). Physical sense of "secure against falling" is recorded from late 14c. Of nuclear isotopes, from 1904.

stable

"to put (a horse) in a stable," early 14c., from stable (n.). Related: Stabled; stabling.

Medicine definitions for stabling

stable

[ stā′bəl ]

adj.

Resistant to change of position or condition.

Not subject to mental illness or irrationality.

Having no known mode of decay; indefinitely long-lived. Used of atomic particles.

Not easily decomposed or otherwise modified chemically.

Science definitions for stabling

stable

[ stā′bəl ]

Not susceptible to a process of decay, such as radioactivity. For example, the most common isotope of carbon, carbon 12, is stable. Protons and photons are examples of stable subatomic particles. See more at decay.

Relating to a chemical compound that does not easily decompose or change into other compounds. Water is an example of a stable compound.

Relating to an atom or chemical element that is unlikely to share electrons with another atom or element.

Not likely to change significantly or to deteriorate suddenly, as an individual's medical condition.

Idioms and Phrases with stabling

stable

see lock the barn (stable) door after the horse has bolted.