to stable

Examples

• All

• You've gotta stable him, feed, vet bills, a farrier, and it's top dollar to get a proper trainer.

  Outside Bet (2012)

• Got a room to stable this horse?

  Cheyenne (1947)

• Cool off the horse and stable him.

  The Man from Snowy River (1982)

• Cool off this horse and stable him.

  The Man from Snowy River (1982)

• I just stable my horse here.

  Murphy's Romance (1985)

• The hotel staff was very accommodating, and one of the men came out to stable the horse for the night.

  Fiction book (1996)

• There was room enough to stable a dozen cows or donkeys all at once.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Unhitch and stable the mules.

  The Homesman (2014)

• The stallions service anyone else's who'll pay the fee, so we also stable other people's mares.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Can I stable my horse here for the night?

Synonyms

S

to stall

vsto stable

5 4.8

To put an animal into a small separate space in a stable

refers to placing an animal in a whole animal building not a single bay

Antonyms

R

to release

∞ 1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

Idioms

C

to close the stable door after the horse has bolted

• Informal

8.5

To do something useful only after it is already too late

Compounds

L

livery stable

• Archaic

2 9.9

A place where people keep horses and carts for rent

S

stable attribution

• Specialized

8.8

Someone thinks a person's actions come from a lasting trait

S

stable companion

6.4

A horse that lives in the same barn as another horse owned by the same person

S

stable factor

• Specialized

9.4

A protein made in the kidney that helps blood form clots

S

stable gear

4.2

Equipment for horses like saddles, bridles and harnesses

Surface Forms

Etymology