An action that is intended to cause or actually causes delay.
(countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
A stable; a place for cattle.
A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
(countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market.
A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.
(countable) A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
Soon it became clear that she was stalling to give him time to get away.
He stalled the creditors as long as he could.
His encounters with security, reception, the secretary, and the assistant were all stalls until the general manager's attorney arrived.
Stall this in your bosom.
not to be stall'd by my report
We could not stall together / In the whole world.
His horses had been stalled in the snow.
to stall a cart
to stall cattle
At last he found a stall where oxen stood.
to stall an ox
When he had been some months installed there as a priest-in-charge, he received a prebendal stall, thanks to the same patrons, in the collegiate church of Sainte-Croix.
Stalli (STAL-i) - Altar.
Some Asatruar kindreds call their indoor altars stalls and their outdoor altars harrows.
In a private rite, a ring is drawn on the ground around a harrow or before an indoor stall.
Rabbit eases from the king-size bed, goes into their bathroom with its rose-colored one-piece Fiberglas tub and shower stall, and urinates into the toilet of a matching rose porcelain.
He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days...
how peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid