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Definition of Stables
1. stable [v] - See also: stable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stables
Literary usage of Stables
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission (1885)
"stables on the Back Bay. The form of deed adopted for the conveyance of the Back
Bay lots contained, as we have seen, the restriction " That any building ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Here the barns, granaries, stables, shambles, workshops, and workmen's ...
On the other side of the court were the stables, for the accommodation of the ..."
3. Steam by Babcock & Wilcox Company, S. C. Stultz, John B. Kitto (1868)
"HORSE stables. Complaints have been frequent respecting the condition of ...
The larger stables, mostly used for livery purposes, have their frontage on ..."
4. Sunshine and shadow in New York by Matthew Hale Smith (1869)
"THE stables. The stables are in the rear of the headquarters. ... The stables
are as inviting as a summer-house, and are as attractive as the queen's at ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"Barns or stables are usually needed to protect animals against rigors of climate.
... Animals that are confined in stables should have plenty of room. ..."
6. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1864)
"stables and Piggery. There is a large piggery belonging to the prison, in which
140 to 150 hogs are kept upon the offal of the kitchen. ..."
7. The Network Revolution: Confessions of a Computer Scientist by Jacques Vallee (1982)
"The year was 1961, and the machine was located in what once were the stables of
the King's mistress in the castle of Meudon. We used the machine to compute ..."
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