STANCHION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stanchion mean? 

• STANCHION (noun)
  The noun STANCHION has 1 sense:

1. any vertical post or rod used as a support

  Familiarity information: STANCHION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STANCHION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any vertical post or rod used as a support

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stanchion" is a kind of...):

post (an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position)

 Context examples 

The wind roared like thunder, and blew with such force that it was with difficulty that even strong men kept their feet, or clung with grim clasp to the iron stanchions.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Hist, now, between you an’ meself and the stanchion there, this Wolf Larsen is a regular devil, an’ the Ghost’ll be a hell-ship like she’s always ben since he had hold iv her.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)