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staller

American  
[stawl-er] / ˈstɔl ər /

noun

plural

stallers

  1. a person who stalls, especially as a competitive strategy or form of resistance.

  2. Animal Husbandry. a device for holding sheep or calves in place during shearing, dehorning, or other procedures.

  3. anything that delays or holds back a process.

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In England before the Conquest the comitatus had developed or degenerated into the thegnhood, and among the most eminent and powerful of the king’s thegns were his dishthegn, his bowerthegn, and his horsethegn or staller.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

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