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Stabling

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sta·ble 1  (stbl)
adj. sta·bler, sta·blest
1.
a. Resistant to change of position or condition; not easily moved or disturbed: a house built on stable ground; a stable platform.
b. Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation: a stable economy; a stable currency.
c. Maintaining equilibrium; self-restoring: a stable aircraft.
2. Enduring or permanent: a stable peace.
3.
a. Consistently dependable; steadfast of purpose.
b. Not subject to mental illness or irrationality: a stable personality.
4. Physics Having no known mode of decay; indefinitely long-lived. Used of atomic particles.
5. Chemistry Not easily decomposed or otherwise modified chemically.
[Middle English, from Old French estable, from Latin stabilis; see st- in Indo-European roots.]
stable·ness n.
stably adv.
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Noun1.stabling - accommodation for animals (especially for horses)
accommodation - living quarters provided for public convenience; "overnight accommodations are available"
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The cavalry, on entering a merchant's house that had been abandoned and finding there stabling more than sufficient for their horses, went on, all the same, to the next house which seemed to them better.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Livesey came late one afternoon to see the patient, took a bit of dinner from my mother, and went into the parlour to smoke a pipe until his horse should come down from the hamlet, for we had no stabling at the old Benbow.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
If you will take them, give them food and stabling, and do as I tell you with them, I will pay you as much as you want.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
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