Associations to the word «Stanchion»

Wiktionary

STANCHION, noun. A vertical pole, post, or support.
STANCHION, noun. A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.
STANCHION, verb. To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
STANCHION, verb. To confine by means of stanchions, typically used for cattle.

Dictionary definition

STANCHION, noun. Any vertical post or rod used as a support.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne