stall

Meaning

1. A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
2. A stable; a place for cattle.
3. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
4. A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
5. A small partitioned space or roomlet used for a shower or a toilet.
6. 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.
7. An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
8. A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
9. A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
10. A sheath to protect the finger.
11. The space left by excavation between pillars.
12. A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
13. To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
14. To fatten.
15. To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.
16. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
17. To forestall; to anticipate.
18. To keep close; to keep secret.
19. An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.
20. Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.
21. To employ delaying tactics against.
22. To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.
23. To come to a standstill.
24. To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.
25. To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
26. To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
27. To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
28. To stop suddenly.
29. To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car or truck to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.
30. To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
31. To be tired of eating, as cattle.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English stall, stalle, from Old English steall (“standing place, position”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with French étal, Italian stallo, German Stall, Swedish stall.

Related words

Descendant words

• étal(French) (cog)
• stallo(Italian) (cog)
• estol(Portuguese) (bor)
• *taloi(Proto-Finnic) (cog)

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