stabling

A building, shed, or room for horses and cattle; a stable.

Noun

  1. A building, shed, or room for horses and cattle; a stable.
    • There was a very fine house and a great deal of stabling; we went into the yard through a stone gateway, and John asked for Mr. York. - [1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons,...
    • I forget how much stabling there is, but we always had a lot of horses there, twenty-five or thirty, and yet there always seemed to be plenty of room, and plenty of work for more. - 1897, Lord Ribblesdale [i.e., Thomas...

Forms

stablings

Related

stabling siding

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of stable
    • As these [diesel] trains have to be shedded under cover at night, four additional outdoor standage roads are being provided for stabling of electric rolling stock after inspection in the shed. - 1956 October, “Recent...