Stall

stawl, n. A stand: station; a narrow division of a stable, to accommodate a single horse, etc., having a manger, crib, or rack at one end; a stable; place for cattle; a small apartment or slight shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; the seat of an ecclesiastical dignitary in the choir of a church; a reserved seat in a theater.—v. [stalled (stawld), stalling.] To put into a stall or stable, keep in a stable; to plunge into mire so as not to be able to proceed. [ME., D., and OHG. stal, AS. steal, stall, place, station, Dan. staid, a stable, Lithuan. stalas, a table, Skr. sthala, firm ground, a place raised and drained, a terrace, Gr. stele, a column, stellein, to place, set; stat$m,;stable, stale, stare, stand, q. v., stud, q. v.] — StalFMe, -ej, n. Right of erecting stalls in fairs; rent pai'dfor a stall. [OF. est all age, fr. estal = E. stall.] — Stall'-feed, v. [-fed, -feedsQn, cube, full moon, fo"ot cow, oil STAND ing.] To feed and fatten in a stable, or on dry fodder. — Stallion, staKyun, n. A horse not castrated, used for raising stock. [OF. estalon, because kept in a stall and not made to work.]