From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stall \Stall\ (st[add]l), n. [OE. stal, AS. steall, stall, a
place, seat, or station, a stable; akin to D. & OHG. stal, G.
& Sw. stall, Icel. stallr, Dan. stald, originally, a standing
place; akin also to G. stelle a place, stellen to place, Gr.
ste`llein to set, place, send, and E. stand. [root]163. See
Stand, and cf. Apostle, Epistle, Forestall,
Install, Stale, a. & v. i., 1st Stalk, Stallion,
Still.]
1. A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or
place where a horse or an ox is kept and fed; the division
of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or
other animal. "In an oxes stall." --Chaucer.
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2. A stable; a place for cattle.
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At last he found a stall where oxen stood. --Dryden.
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3. A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed
for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
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4. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise
are exposed for sale.
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How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid.
--Gay.
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5. A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the
officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or
partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are
frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.
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The dignified clergy, out of humility, have called
their thrones by the names of stalls. --Bp.
Warburton.
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Loud the monks sang in their stalls. --Longfellow.
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6. In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly
inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
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7. (Mining) The space left by excavation between pillars. See
Post and stall, under Post.
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8. A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a
finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.
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Stall reader, one who reads books at a stall where they are
exposed for sale.
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Cries the stall reader, "Bless us! what a word on
A titlepage is this!" --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stall \Stall\, v. i. [AS. steallian to have room. See Stall,
n.]
1. To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. [Obs.]
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We could not stall together
In the whole world. --Shak.
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2. To kennel, as dogs. --Johnson.
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3. To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
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4. To be tired of eating, as cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stall \Stall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stalled (st[add]ld); p. pr.
& vb. n. Stalling.] [Cf. Sw. stalla, Dan. stalde.]
1. To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or
stalls; as, to stall an ox.
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Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled. --Dryden.
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2. To fatten; as, to stall cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to
install. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get
on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart. --Burton.
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His horses had been stalled in the snow. --E. E.
Hale.
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5. To forestall; to anticipate. [Obs.]
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This is not to be stall'd by my report. --Massinger.
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6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.]
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Stall this in your bosom. --Shak.
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