Definitions for stanchions

stanchions stan·chion

Spelling: [stan-shuh n]
IPA: /ˈstæn ʃən/

Stanchions is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 601 anagrams from letters in stanchions (achinnosst).

Definitions for stanchions

noun

  1. an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.

verb (used with object)

  1. to furnish with stanchions.
  2. to secure by or to a stanchion or stanchions.

Origin of stanchions

1375-1425; late Middle English stanchon Old French estanchon, equivalent to estanche (variant of estance, probably Vulgar Latin *stantia, equivalent to Latin stant- (stem of stāns), present p

Examples for stanchions

"Davits an' stanchions, men—never mind the rail," said the boatswain.

They then undermined it, supporting its foundations by stanchions of wood.

Over the whole there was a light roof, supported on stanchions.

stanchions, like a forest of bare trees, supported the deck above.

The beam upon which the stanchions of the beak-head bulk-head stand.

Begin by inserting the stanchions in the sockets in the lower plane.

The remainder of the crew clung to ring-bolts or stanchions, or whatever they could grasp.

In the centre was a table that travelled on stanchions from the roof to the deck.

We clung for our lives to ropes, stanchions, and ring-bolts.

Skipper: We can have stanchions all round the ship and double lines.

Word Value for stanchions
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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