stall

A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.

A stable; a place for cattle.

His Fellow ſought what Lodging he could find: At laſt he found a Stall where oxen ſtood, And that he rather choſe than lie abroad.

A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.

Now he goes on, and ſings of fairs and ſhows, For ſtill new fairs before his eyes aroſe. How pedlars' ſtalls with glitt'ring toys are laid, The various fairings of the country maid.

A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.

He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days [...]

Despite the swift backpedalling of the university, the original notice given to stall operators is suggestive of the potential existence of 'a growing English-speaking elite' that is 'happy to maintain the importance of the English language'.

A small partitioned space or roomlet used for a shower or a toilet.

Rabbit eases from the king-size bed, goes into their bathroom with its rose-colored one-piece Fiberglas tub and shower stall, and urinates into the toilet of a matching rose porcelain.

To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.

to stall an ox

But Niſus hit the Turns with happier haſte, And thoughtleſs of his Friend, the Foreſt paſs'd: And Alban Plains, from Alba's Name ſo call'd, Where King Latinus then his Oxen ſtall'd.

To fatten.

to stall cattle

To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.

I must perforce Haue ſhewne to thee ſuch a declining day, Or looke on thine: we could not ſtall together In the whole world.

To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.

Deck'd in thy rights , as thou art stall'd in mine

To forestall; to anticipate.

This is not to be staled by my report, This only must be told: […]

An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.

His encounters with security, reception, the secretary, and the assistant were all stalls until the general manager's attorney arrived.

Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the asymmetric stall and the ensuing roll of the aircraft because of the uncommanded retraction of the left wing outboard leading edge slats and the loss of stall warning and slat disagreement indication systems resulting from maintenance-induced damage leading to the separation of the No. 1 engine and pylon assembly at a critical point during takeoff. The separation resulted from damage by improper maintenance procedures which led to failure of the pylon structure.