▪ I. † ˈstabling, vbl. n.1 Obs.
[f. stable v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of stable v.1
| c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 229 Þei techen opynly for worschipe of god & profit of þe reume and stablynge of þe kyngis pouer & distroynge of synne. c 1449 Pecock Repr. i. xvi. 91 The firme stabiling of al the chirche. 1538 Starkey England ii. iii. 209 So the confyrmyng and stablyng of thys celestyal doctryne stondyth chefely in the offycerys therof. |
▪ II. stabling, vbl. n.2
(ˈsteɪblɪŋ)
[f. stable v.2 (? and n.) + -ing1.]
The action of placing or accommodating (horses) in a stable; stable accommodation; stable-buildings collectively.
| 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 322 Item. for the stabilling of iiij. cartes iiij.d. 1494 in Aungier Syon (1840) 79 Fyndynge..to theym..mete, drynke, horsmete, loggynge, stablenge, and all other thyngs necessary. 1586 Exch. Rolls Scot. XXI. 617 The expensis requisit to his hienes hous and stabling. 1683 Chas. II in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 339 For whom our Harbingers are to provide lodging and stabling near our Court. 1735 Thomson Liberty iii. 370 A Stabling now for Wolves. 1782 R. Cumberland Anecd. Emin. Painters II. 171 His Majesty is now adding wings and a corps of stabling, which are far advanced. 1813 Sporting Mag. XLII. 53 A very beautiful engraving of the Stabling at Errol House. 1841 Dickens Barn. Rudge x, You can give my horse good stabling, can you. 1850 Thackeray Pendennis lxxv, Excellent stabling and loose boxes for horses at the ‘Clavering Arms’. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Apr. 5/2 The chapel, guard-room, entrance tower, and stablings. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 276 The long range of stabling at no inconvenient distance. |
| attrib. 1899 Daily News 23 June 8/5 Comfortable stabling quarters. |