Definition of Stabling

1. Noun. Accommodation for animals (especially for horses).

Generic synonyms: Accommodation
Derivative terms: Stable

Definition of Stabling

1. n. The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.

Definition of Stabling

1. Verb. (present participle of stable) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stabling

1. accommodation for animals in a stable [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stabling

stabled
stablegirl
stablegirls
stablekeeper
stablekeepers
stableman
stablemate
stablemates
stablemen
stableness
stablenesses
stabler
stablers
stables
stablest
stabling (current term)
stablings
stablish
stablished
stablishes
stablishing
stablishment
stablishments
stablisht
stably
stabproof
stabs
stabulation
stabulations
stabvest

Literary usage of Stabling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's House: Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the by Robert Kerr (1865)
"stabling in town and country. — Primary accommodation and additional items. THERE are scarcely any exceptions to the general rule that a Gentleman's House ..."

2. Forms of Practice, Or, American Precedents in Personal and Real Actions by Benjamin Lynde Oliver (1851)
"For horsemeat, stabling and attendance by the plaintiff, before that time found and provided, for divers horses of the said B, at his request, ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1912)
"Thereafter, and about five years prior to the commencement of these actions, defendant purchased the property and commenced stabling the horses used by him ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law and Practice of Agricultural Tenancies: With Forms and by George Wingrove Cooke (1850)
"Martinmas Entry, except as to Barn and stabling, and Whitsunday as to these.—2. ... 1845, except as to the barn and stabling for horses, and some of the cot ..."

5. Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1846)
"Archbishop Warham to Cardinal Wolsey remonstrating against an alleged command from the King's Council, to have stabling for his Grace's horses to be kept at ..."

6. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray, Charles Sprague Sargent (1889)
"WILLIAM STARLING SULLIVANT.1 WILLIAM stabling SULLIVANT, LL. D., died at his residence in Columbus, Ohio, on the 30th of April, ultimo. lu him we lose the ..."

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