Other forms: stanchions
A stanchion is an upright bar or post that supports something. A steel stanchion, between the stanchions, fit a stanchion.
It is a plain structural word used on ships, in mines and along cattle stalls. On a boat the stanchions hold the guard wires round the deck, and they are what stops anybody going over the side.
1nounstanchionAn upright bar or post that supports something.
“The awning was held up by iron stanchions along the edge of the pavement.”
stanchion is a post.
Old French estanchon comes from estance, a prop, from Latin stans, standing.
Latin
stāns — standing
Old French
estanson
English, today
stanchion
Built from
From Old French estanson, estanchon, (Modern French étançon), from estance (“a stay, a prop”), from Latin stāns (“standing”), present participle of stō.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA