Talk:stable-stand

 

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Could only find one mention/use in notes of Shakespeare's plays MooreDoor (talk) 16:50, 29 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

See The Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen (19th century): "'stable-stand,' where the sportsman, taking his station..." (said to be long obsolete when the book was published). Also in "The Gothic Laws of Spain", Edinburgh Review volume 31 number 61 (Dec. 1818) page 96: "The four indications of offence against Vert and Venison, in like manner arrange themselves in rhyme - Dog draw, stable stand, Backberinde, and bloody hand;-and this formed the precept of the Forester, and ..." Vox Sciurorum (talk) 17:30, 29 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

In {{R:Oxford English Dictionary}} IX(1):756, Manwood Laws of Forest (1598) is quoted. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 17:53, 29 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

cited Kiwima (talk) 05:23, 31 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

• RFV-passed MooreDoor (talk) 22:18, 31 October 2021 (UTC)Reply