stables

noun

  1. 1

    A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.

    There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.
  2. 2

    (metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.

  3. 3

    A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.

  4. 4

    An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

  5. 5

    A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

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