stanchion
noun
an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
stanchions
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present tense formof stanchion (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Traffic cones have been placed around the crater, and AFP reported that waves pounding the sea front can be seen "lapping in the hole and rushing out again under the stanchions that support the home".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
That means the end of those stainless-steel stanchions with numbers etched into them at the gate, where passengers today line up based on boarding position assigned at check-in and then pick any open seat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
And you're funneled through a labyrinth of retractable stanchions like you’re about to meet a costumed mouse at Magic Kingdom, not a budtender named Jade.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025
These monumental photographs, each more than 6 feet tall, are framed behind glass, so installed without the intrusive stanchions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
Everything possible was carved with designs, even the stanchions where the goats put their heads and the stalls in the little barn.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
