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stanchion
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synonyms: stanchel ???
tags: [architecture]
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Definition:1. (Arch.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay.2. (Naut.) Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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the Prince, having tied his arms and legs, made him fast to a stanchion.
Arnold Bennett. The Grand Babylon Hôtel (1902)
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clumb out on to the porch-roof and slid down a stanchion and traded his new coat for a jug of forty-rod,
Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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The stanchions stood too close to suffer his shoulders to follow, and I smiled, exulting in my fancied security.
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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The carpenter's mate said he should want short stanchions to be placed so that the upper end should touch the deck, and the under-part rest on what was laid over the leak; and presently took a length for them.
William Dampier. A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699
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There was a light stanchion out in the middle of the track to signal how much time there was left in each race — green to yellow to red.
Drew Perry. Kids These Days, p.150 (2014)
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