Meaning of Stall | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
   countable
2. An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.
3. A stable; a place for cattle.
4. Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.
5. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
6. A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
   countable
7. A small partitioned space or roomlet used for a shower or a toilet.
8. A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
   countable
9. An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
   Germanic
10. A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
11. A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
12. A sheath to protect the finger.
13. The space left by excavation between pillars.
14. A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.

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Examples

“His Fellow ſought what Lodging he could find: At laſt he found a Stall where oxen ſtood, And that he rather choſe than lie abroad.”

“Now he goes on, and ſings of fairs and ſhows, For ſtill new fairs before his eyes aroſe. How pedlars' ſtalls with glitt'ring toys are laid, The various fairings of the country maid.”

“He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days [...]”

“Despite the swift backpedalling of the university, the original notice given to stall operators is suggestive of the potential existence of 'a growing English-speaking elite' that is 'happy to maintain the importance of the English language'.”

“Rabbit eases from the king-size bed, goes into their bathroom with its rose-colored one-piece Fiberglas tub and shower stall, and urinates into the toilet of a matching rose porcelain.”

“In a private rite, a ring is drawn on the ground around a harrow or before an indoor stall.”

“Some Asatruar kindreds call their indoor altars stalls and their outdoor altars harrows.”

“Stalli (STAL-i) - Altar.”

“He had battled like a man, and gotten a man's reward — no silver tea-pots or salvers, with flowery inscriptions setting forth his virtues and the appreciation of a genteel parish; no fat living or stall, for which he never looked, and didn't care; […]”

“1910 [1840], Alexandre Dumas, père, translator not mentioned, Celebrated Crimes: Urbain Grandier, P. F. Collier edition, When he had been some months installed there as a priest-in-charge, he received a prebendal stall, thanks to the same patrons, in the collegiate church of Sainte-Croix.”

“His encounters with security, reception, the secretary, and the assistant were all stalls until the general manager's attorney arrived.”

“The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the asymmetric stall and the ensuing roll of the aircraft because of the uncommanded retraction of the left wing outboard leading edge slats and the loss of stall warning and slat disagreement indication systems resulting from maintenance-induced damage leading to the separation of the No. 1 engine and pylon assembly at a critical point during takeoff. The separation resulted from damage by improper maintenance procedures which led to failure of the pylon structure.”

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