I. verb
also staunch ˈstȯnch, -tän-, -tan-, -taa(ə)n-, -tain-, -tȧn-
( -ed/-ing/-es )
Etymology: Middle English staunchen, stanchen, from Middle French estancher, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin stanticare, from Latin stant-, stans, present participle of stare to stand — more at stand
transitive verb
1. : to check or stop the flowing of
charity … stanching the widow's tears — W.E.H.Lecky
: stop the flow of blood from (a wound)
2. archaic
a. : allay , satisfy
b. : quench , extinguish
3.
a. : to stop or check in its course : put an end to
have somewhat stanched the drain on gold and dollar reserves — Time
b. : to make watertight : stop up
stanch a leak in a ship
intransitive verb
archaic : to cease flowing or bleeding
II. noun
also staunch “
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English staunch, from staunchen to stanch
1. obsolete : something that stops or allays
2. : a floodgate to accumulate water for flashing a boat over a shallow in a stream
we have to have daylight to run the Thames stanches — C.S.Forester
III.
variant of staunch