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▪ I. stanchel1 Sc. and north. ? Obs.|ˈstanʃəl|
Also 5 stanchal, 6 sta(i)nchell, 9 dial. stanchil.
[An unexplained variant of staniel:—OE. stánᵹella.]
The staniel or kestrel, Tinnunculus alaudarius.
c1450Holland Howlat 652 The hobby..Stanchalis, steropis. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xxxiii. 82 The tarsall gaif him tug for tug, A stanchell hang in ilka lug. 1585Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 46 The Rauin, the Stainchell, and the Gled. c1730in Maidment N.C. Garland (1824) 52 O Sir, ye're but a stanchel or else a ring-tail'd kite. 1818Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. xi. 208 That ever I sude hae lived to see..the stanchel and the merlin chatterin' frae the cushat's nest!
▪ II. stanchel2 Now only Sc.|ˈstanʃəl|
Forms: 6 stanchell, (stanshel, 7 stenchall, 8 -el, 9 dial. stanchil, staneshel), 7, 9 stanchel.
[? a. OF. estanchele, estancele (dim. of estance prop), recorded as the name of an object, variously of wood or iron, used in some game.]
= stanchion n.
1586Reg. Privy Council Scot. IV. 95 [They] hes brokin doun and distroyit the haill corbellis, gestis and stanchellis of the rest of thair houssis. 1592Greene Def. Conny Catching Wks. (Grosart) XI. 60 She nayled one eare fast to the windowe, and the other to the stanshel. 1658in Campbell Balmerino (1899) 410 Ane new cupill,..half-doore,..ease⁓boards, and thereon stenchalls. 1687G. Clerke Spot-dial 13 For the Length of the Frame and Glass that must be as the Jaume of the Window and Stanchel will give leave. 1727P. Walker Life Cameron Biog. Presbyt. (1827) I. 300 Hanging some of them at the Stenchels of Windows. 1827Tennant Papistry Storm'd 53 Some grippet..Great iron stanchels in their wraith. 1900‘R. Guthrie’ Kitty Fagan 48 Meg was still at the door, half-leaning on the stanchel.
¶ ? Misused for: A large nail.
1832G. Downes Lett. Cont. Countries I. 235 An old gate studded with stanchels. |