Monday, July 27, 2009

TODAY'S WORD-STANCHION

stanchion

(noun, transitive verb)
[STAN-chahn, STAN-shahn]

noun

1. any vertical post or rod used as a support: "It is now sufficiently long enough past Christmas for us to remove the candy-cane decorations from all the stanchions."

2. a frame with two or more vertical bars used to secure a cow, usually used for milking

transitive verb

3. to support something using a vertical post or rod

4. to secure (cattle) with stanchions

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