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box stall
noun
: an individual enclosure within a barn or stable in which an animal may move about freely without a restraining device
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In her box stall on 52nd Street, Mr. Fintzi’s shaggy draft horse Stella, a Chicago carriage horse until that city banned the practice in 2020, nibbled hay on a recent afternoon.
—Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1863, in the meaning defined above
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“Box stall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20stall. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
box stall
noun
: a four-sided enclosure within a barn or stable in which an animal can move around freely
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