How to pronounce “stable-stand”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (UK, law, obsolete) The position of a person found standing in the forest with a crossbow or longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; one of the four presumptions that a person intended to steal the king's deer.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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