stanchion
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1VERB + STANCHION
holding
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noun
A vertical pole, post, or support.
The train began to move. Lace walked with it, holding a stanchion.
You cross under the rusting stanchions of the old elevated highway and walk out to the pier.
A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.
verb
To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
To confine by means of stanchions, typically used for cattle.
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3The train began to move. Lace walked with it, holding a stanchion.
WiktionaryYou cross under the rusting stanchions of the old elevated highway and walk out to the pier.
WiktionaryHiro climbs on his bike, eases it through the neighbourhood and onto the Street, and then gosses it up to a few hundred miles an hour, slaloming between the stanchions of the monorail, praticing.
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