stable
/ˈsteɪ.bəl/ noun B2- A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses. · There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.
- All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
- An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
- A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.
- A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
- A group of people who are looked after, mentored, considered or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.
- A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented; array.
Plural stables
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The Ass was left in a stable and had plenty of oats and hay to eat, just as any other Ass would.
The servants, hearing the strange hubbub and perceiving the danger of their master, quickly relieved him, and drove out the Ass to his stable with kicks and clubs and cuffs.
To pump and stable, tree and swing,
“On the rubbish heap by the stables, mourning for Nag.
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