Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stanchel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stanchel \Stan"chel\, n.
A stanchion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stanchion \Stan"chion\, n. [OF. estanson, estan[,c]on, F.
['e]tan[,c]on, from OF. estance a stay, a prop, from L.
stans, stantis, standing, p. pr. of stare to stand. See
{Stand}, and cf. {Stanza}.] [Written also {stanchel}.]
1. (Arch.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form
of a stake or post, used for a support or stay.
2. (Naut.) Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for
the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.
3. A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stannel \Stan"nel\, n. [AS. st[=a]ngella, stangilla; properly,
stone yeller, i. e., a bird that yells from the rocks. See
{Stone}, and {Yell}, and cf. {Stonegall}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The kestrel; -- called also {standgale}, {standgall},
{stanchel}, {stand hawk}, {stannel hawk}, {steingale},
{stonegall}. [Written also {staniel}, {stannyel}, and
{stanyel}.]
With what wing the staniel checks at it. --Shak.
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