1. stall - Noun
2. stall - Verb
A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.
A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
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.
In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.
To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.
To fatten; as, to stall cattle.
To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.
To forestall; to anticipitate. Having
To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.
To kennel, as dogs.
To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
To be tired of eating, as cattle.
Source: Webster's dictionaryFame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door. Marlo Thomas
The first time I felt I was famous was when I went to the movies with my mom. I had gone to the loo, and someone in the bathroom said in a very loud voice, "Girl in stall No. 1 were you in "Mystic Pizza?" Julia Roberts
The same animal which hath the honour to have some part of his flesh eaten at the table of a duke, may perhaps be degraded in another part, and some of his limbs gibbeted, as it were, in the vilest stall in town. Henry Fielding
When the calf is stolen, the peasant mends the stall. German Proverb
You don't miss the cow until the stall is empty. Swedish Proverb
Better a poor horse than an empty stall. Danish Proverb