stanchion en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- stänʹshən
- /ˈstænʃən/ (US)
- /ˈstanʃən/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- stănʹshən
- /ˈstɑːnʃən/ (UK)
Etymology
From Old French estanson, estanchon, (Modern French étançon), from estance (“a stay, a prop”), from Latin stāns (“standing”), present participle of stō.
Meanings
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A vertical pole, post, or support.
He staggers against a stanchion, trips over a rope, and tumbles into the space between the quay and the steel plates of the freighter.
2013, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 27, in The Childhood of Jesus, Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company, page 268:The train began to move. Lace walked with it, holding a stanchion.
1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IX, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 149:You cross under the rusting stanchions of the old elevated highway and walk out to the pier.
1984, Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, →ISBN, page 10:Hiro climbs on his bike, eases it through the neighbourhood and onto the Street, and then gosses it up to a few hundred miles an hour, slaloming between the stanchions of the monorail, praticing.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 365:
- A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stanchions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (60)
pl kolumienka (vertical pole, post or support) · de Standrohr (vertical pole, post or support) · ko 기둥 (vertical pole, post or support) · de Pfosten (vertical pole, post or support) · de Haltestange (vertical pole, post or support) · fi paalu (vertical pole, post or support) · de Gitterstangen (confinement) · de Wagenrunge (vertical pole, post or support) · de Gatter (confinement) · fr étançon (vertical pole, post or support) · es barra ((on a mountain bike fork)) · sv stötta (vertical pole, post or support) · ru коло́нна (vertical pole, post or support) · vi cột chống hai bên sườn tàu (vertical pole, post or support) · de Gitterstange (vertical pole, post or support) · de Stand (confinement) · el ορθοστάτης (vertical pole, post or support) · de Gitterstab (vertical pole, post or support) · ru сто́йка (vertical pole, post or support) · mi tokotū (vertical pole, post or support) · es puntal (vertical pole, post or support) · nl afsluiting (confinement) · nl paal (vertical pole, post or support) · lt stovas (vertical pole, post or support) · ar عَمُود ، دِعَامَة ، قائِمُ دَعمٍ فُولاذيّ (vertical pole, post or support) · pl kłonica (confinement) · de Stütze (vertical pole, post or support) · de Pfeiler (vertical pole, post or support) · pl słupek (vertical pole, post or support) · csb kłonica (confinement) · cmn 柱子 (vertical pole, post or support) · ru пи́ллерс (vertical pole, post or support) · lt pastovas (vertical pole, post or support) · pl kłonica ((on a mountain bike fork)) · fi aitaus (confinement) · hu oszlop (vertical pole, post or support) · de Gitterstab (confinement) · de Runge (vertical pole, post or support) · fr appui (vertical pole, post or support) · bg подпора (vertical pole, post or support) · cs sloup (vertical pole, post or support) · pt poste (vertical pole, post or support) · ja スタンチョン (vertical pole, post or support) · de Ständer (vertical pole, post or support) · ru подпо́рка (vertical pole, post or support) · it puntello (vertical pole, post or support) · cs ohrazení (confinement) · ru столб (vertical pole, post or support) · fi tolppa (vertical pole, post or support) · cmn 支柱 (vertical pole, post or support) · sv stolpe (vertical pole, post or support) · nl post (vertical pole, post or support) · pl słup (vertical pole, post or support) · el στύλος (vertical pole, post or support) · de Strebe (vertical pole, post or support) · it sostegno (vertical pole, post or support) · ja スタンション (vertical pole, post or support) · bg преграда (confinement) · cs sloupek (vertical pole, post or support) · eo fosto (vertical pole, post or support)