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stanchion

[stan-shuhn] / ˈstæn ʃən /


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That’s because it plans to run two lines simultaneously on either side of a new, shorter stanchion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

The debris was determined to be part of a stanchion used to mount batteries on a cargo pallet.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024

He landed near the basket stanchion and immediately began grabbing at his left knee, while teammates reacted in obvious disbelief.

From Washington Times • Apr. 23, 2023

A pair of triangular-shaped scoreboards hang over where a basketball stanchion stands.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2022

The ropes were slapping the mast and the boom was tangled in the stanchion ropes.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos