▪ I. † ˈstabled, ppl. a.1 Obs.
[f. stable v.1 + -ed1.]
In senses of the verb.
| c 1400 Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 66 Wete also þat stablyd planetys vnmooable ar a þousand twenty and nyne. c 1449 Pecock Repr. ii. iv. 156 For noon such fonnys opinioun..is eny long bifore stabilid gouernaunce to be left and to be leid aside. 1568 T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 25 Then manhood makth a stabled minde, none youthly prancks we haue. |
▪ II. stabled, ppl. a.2
(ˈsteɪb(ə)ld)
[f. stable n. or v.2 + -ed.]
Put into a stable, sheltered in a stable. Also transf.
| 1634 Milton Comus 534 He and his monstrous rout are heard to howl Like stabl'd wolves. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. iv. iii, Motionless, as the brave stabled steed when conflagration rises. 1962 Daily Tel. 8 Jan. 15/8 No passenger service could start until the last stabled train had left. |