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Stanchion vs Forstall - What's the difference?

stanchion | forstall |

As verbs the difference between stanchion and forstall

is that stanchion is to erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions while forstall is obsolete form of forestall.

As a noun stanchion

is a vertical pole, post, or support.

stanchion

English

(wikipedia stanchion)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A vertical pole, post, or support.
  • * 2013 , . Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 268.
  • *:He staggers against a stanchion , trips over a rope, and tumbles into the space between the quay and the steel plates of the freighter.
  • A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
  • To confine by means of stanchions, typically used for cattle.

    • References

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    forstall

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
    • (Spenser)
    (Webster 1913)