stable-stand (English, noun)
expansion: stable-stand (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: The position of a person found standing in the forest with a crossbow or longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; one of the four presumptions that a person intended to steal the king's deer.
tags: UK
obsolete
uncountable
Forms: