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Definition of stanchion in English: stanchionnoun ˈstanʃ(ə)nˈstæn(t)ʃ(ə)n An upright bar, post, or frame forming a support or barrier. Example sentencesExamples - A jet skier who crashed into a stanchion on Blackpool North Pier may have had a heart attack, an inquest has heard.
- They acted as an anchorage for the stanchions which, standing on the seabed, supported the harbours.
- When I got to the life-preserver, it was rusted to the stanchions on which it was hung.
- Tensioning the cable results in an uplift force at each of the stanchions.
- There is barely a scrap of bare metal on the stanchions, pillars, posts, railings, and decking ribs.
- The remains of the suicide vehicle was lying across a ditch near the stanchions of the flyover.
- This system enables the climbers to remain attached to the bridge at all times, without the need to unclip the safety rope each time it reaches a stanchion.
- A youth crouches on a stanchion under York's new Millennium Bridge - some 15 feet above the bank and the swirling waters of the River Ouse.
- Her leash was tied to a stanchion on the wall, preventing her from moving more than a few feet in any direction.
- A hollow forged aluminum crown and 30 mm stanchions help keep grams off while still offering maximum rigidity.
- The massive stanchions that had supported the crane gantry rails in the past now support the new steel-framed structures.
- In the latest incident hundreds of pounds' damage had been caused by louts swinging on the railings, pulling the stanchions away and damaging the old stones.
- The back of my left thigh hit the stanchion.
- Wisteria is wrapped around the porch stanchions; a squirrel is running along the top of the chain-link fence surrounding a decent-sized garden.
- The overhead power lines caused problems because stanchions supporting them were too far apart and cheap materials had been used.
- By the time police managed to get on board from their patrol inflatable, he had caused £21,467 damage to the cruiser and £200 damage to a mooring stanchion.
- But on a snowy night in the early 1980's, a car skidded into a stanchion, which hit him in the back.
- The next day the folks working the tow line lowered all the stanchions on the back of the carts to increase the angle of attack.
- She then flew into a rage when the car hit a stanchion.
- With a light snow falling, he had driven on perhaps a hundred yards before his car hit a stanchion at slow speed and came to rest.
Synonyms pole, stake, upright, shaft, prop, support, picket, strut, pillar, pale, paling, column, piling, standard, pylon, stave, rod, newel, baluster, jamb, bollard, mast
Derivatives adjective Stanchioned cattle are very restless because their restraint limits their ability to lick or scratch. Example sentencesExamples - the main point of air springs is saving weight, and a 40mm stanchioned fork isn't going to pull that off too well.
- Out of respect for the veterans, media are required to stay within the stanchioned area during the ceremony.
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French stanchon, from Old French estanchon, from estance 'a support', probably based on Latin stant- 'standing', from the verb stare. Rhymes expansion, mansion, scansion Definition of stanchion in US English: stanchionnounˈstæn(t)ʃ(ə)nˈstan(t)SH(ə)n 1An upright bar, post, or frame forming a support or barrier. Example sentencesExamples - When I got to the life-preserver, it was rusted to the stanchions on which it was hung.
- But on a snowy night in the early 1980's, a car skidded into a stanchion, which hit him in the back.
- There is barely a scrap of bare metal on the stanchions, pillars, posts, railings, and decking ribs.
- They acted as an anchorage for the stanchions which, standing on the seabed, supported the harbours.
- The back of my left thigh hit the stanchion.
- The remains of the suicide vehicle was lying across a ditch near the stanchions of the flyover.
- By the time police managed to get on board from their patrol inflatable, he had caused £21,467 damage to the cruiser and £200 damage to a mooring stanchion.
- The overhead power lines caused problems because stanchions supporting them were too far apart and cheap materials had been used.
- Wisteria is wrapped around the porch stanchions; a squirrel is running along the top of the chain-link fence surrounding a decent-sized garden.
- This system enables the climbers to remain attached to the bridge at all times, without the need to unclip the safety rope each time it reaches a stanchion.
- A hollow forged aluminum crown and 30 mm stanchions help keep grams off while still offering maximum rigidity.
- Tensioning the cable results in an uplift force at each of the stanchions.
- The next day the folks working the tow line lowered all the stanchions on the back of the carts to increase the angle of attack.
- The massive stanchions that had supported the crane gantry rails in the past now support the new steel-framed structures.
- With a light snow falling, he had driven on perhaps a hundred yards before his car hit a stanchion at slow speed and came to rest.
- Her leash was tied to a stanchion on the wall, preventing her from moving more than a few feet in any direction.
- In the latest incident hundreds of pounds' damage had been caused by louts swinging on the railings, pulling the stanchions away and damaging the old stones.
- She then flew into a rage when the car hit a stanchion.
- A jet skier who crashed into a stanchion on Blackpool North Pier may have had a heart attack, an inquest has heard.
- A youth crouches on a stanchion under York's new Millennium Bridge - some 15 feet above the bank and the swirling waters of the River Ouse.
Synonyms pole, stake, upright, shaft, prop, support, picket, strut, pillar, pale, paling, column, piling, standard, pylon, stave, rod, newel, baluster, jamb, bollard, mast - 1.1 A frame that holds the head of a cow in place, especially to facilitate milking.
Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French stanchon, from Old French estanchon, from estance ‘a support’, probably based on Latin stant- ‘standing’, from the verb stare. |