stable
noun
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
were stabling
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past progressiveof stable.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It has undergone a considerable change since then, but it lent a sort of glamour to things to know that you were stabling your automobile in such a place.
From The Automobilist Abroad by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
Our horses were gone by the time we had reached the corral where we were stabling, but those of the other boys were waiting in the stalls already saddled.
From The Highgrader by D. C. Hutchison
On the other side of the house were stabling for two horses, a coach-house, and a paddock.
From Love and hatred by Marie Belloc Lowndes
