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verb. avoid; escape

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Word Origin & History

stall "place in a stable for animals," O.E. steall "place where cattle are kept, place, position," from P.Gmc. *stallaz (cf. O.N. stallr "pedestal for idols, altar," O.Fris. stal, O.H.G. stall "stand, place, stable, stall," Ger. Stall "stable," Stelle "place"), earlier *stalnaz- or *stathlo-, from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (cf. Gk. stellein "to set in order, arrange, equip;" see stet). The word passed into Romanic languages (cf. It. stallo "place," stalla "stable;" O.Fr. estal "place, position, stand, stall," Fr. étal "butcher's stall"). Several meanings, including that of "a stand for selling" ...(mid-13c., implied in stallage "tax levied for the privilege of erecting a stall at a market or fair"), are from (or influenced by) O.Fr. estal. Meaning "partially enclosed seat in a choir" is attested from c.1400; that of "urinal in a men's room" is from 1967.

Example Sentences for stall

It was Philip Crane, standing just outside of the stall, who thus addressed him.

Then Crane took Porter gently by the sleeve and drew him half within the stall.

In rushing from Lauzanne's stall Allis had left the door swinging on its hinges.

And pushing, crowding, hugging the side of the stall, Mortimer fought his way to the girl.