At last he found a stall where oxen stood.
Dryden.
3. A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale;
as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
4. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed
for sale.
How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid.
Gay.
5. A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy.
It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The
stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.
The dignified clergy, out of humility, have called their thrones by
the names of stalls.
Bp. Warburton.
Loud the monks sang in their stalls.
Longfellow.
6. In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as
distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
7. (Mining) The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and
stall, under Post.
Stall reader, one who reads books at a stall where they are exposed for
sale.
Cries the stall reader, "Bless us! what a word on A titlepage is
this!"
Milton.
Stall, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stalled (stld); p. pr. & vb. n. Stalling.]
[Cf. Sw. stalla, Dan. stalde.] 1. To put into a stall or stable; to
keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.
Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled.
Dryden.