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stanchion
[ stan-shuhn ]
noun
- an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with stanchions.
- to secure by or to a stanchion or stanchions.
stanchion
/ ˈstɑːnʃən /
noun
- any vertical pole, rod, etc, used as a support
verb
- tr to provide or support with a stanchion or stanchions
Word History and Origins
Origin of stanchion1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stanchion1
Example Sentences
The stanchions should be replaced by a guardrail — posts drilled into the sidewalk would be cane-detectable.
It went to where the Amite Warriors — five-time state champions, five-time runners-up — play Friday nights on the field tucked amid trees and buildings behind the school, the goal posts bearing the cool double stanchions.
What the Celtics want to avoid is Embiid just backing his man into the stanchion and easily laying it in.
Owen remained on deck, holding on to a stanchion, while two of his stoutest hands were at the wheel.
Shelby spoke to Telaba who was clinging firmly to a stanchion with one hand and operating his signaling machine with the other.
I saw the girl standing braced beside a stanchion, staring over the ship's side.
I saw Virginia Crane clinging desperately to her stanchion beside the light switches.
Caught by the first rush of wind, he was hurled violently against an iron stanchion and knocked senseless.
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