/stan"sheuhn/ , n.
1. an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
v.t.
2. to furnish with stanchions.
3. to secure by or to a stanchion or stanchions.
[ 1375-1425; late ME stanchon estanchon, equiv. to estanche (var. of estance, prob. stantia, equiv. to L stant- (s. of stans ), prp. of stare to STAND + -ia -Y 3 ) + -on n. suffix ]