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Stanchion
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Stanchion (Fr. étançon, a wooden post), an architectural term applied to the upright iron bars in windows which pass through the eyes of the saddle bars or horizontal irons to steady the leadlight.
The French call the latter traverses, the stanchions montants, and the whole arrangement armature. Stanchions frequently finish with ornamental heads forged out of the iron.
Stanchion is also the term used for upright posts inserted into the ground or floor to protect the corner of a wall.
Stanchion is used to refer to retractable belt posts used to manage lines and queues.
Stanchion may also refer to vertical support for chains or ropes.
Stanchion is also the term given to the metal mounts securing the headrest to the seat in a car, and, in association football and other goal-based sports, horizontal or diagonal extensions to the goalposts which prevent the goalnet from drooping.
In military aircraft, a stachion refers to the vertical supports for troop seating temporarily installed in cargo aircraft.
Most commonly, stanchion refers to metal stalls in modern dairy barns which lock the cows in place while they are milked. See picture here: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/engineer/facts/86-053f1.jpg
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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