different between stanchion vs columns

English

Etymology

From Old French estanson, estanchon, (Modern French étançon), from estance (“a stay, a prop”), from Latin stans (“standing”), present participle of st?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?n?sh?n, IPA^(key): /?stæn??n/ or
• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) enPR: stän?sh?n, IPA^(key): /?st??n??n/

Noun

stanchion (plural stanchions)

1. A vertical pole, post, or support.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter IX, p. 149, [1]

     The train began to move. Lace walked with it, holding a stanchion.

   • 2013, J. M. Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus. Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 27. p. 268.

     He staggers against a stanchion, trips over a rope, and tumbles into the space between the quay and the steel plates of the freighter.

2. A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.

Derived terms

• barrack stanchion

Translations

Verb

stanchion (third-person singular simple present stanchions, present participle stanchioning, simple past and past participle stanchioned)

1. To erect stanchions, or equip something with stanchions.
2. To confine by means of stanchions, typically used for cattle.

References

• stanchion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: k?l??mz, IPA^(key): /?k?l?mz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?l?mz/
• Hyphenation: col?umns

Noun

columns

1. plural of column
2. (juggling) pattern which involves throwing props in the air alternately.

See also

• cascade
• fountain
• flash