stably

Meanings

Adverb

Noun

  • A medieval hunting practice in which a group of hunters and hounds are stationed around the perimeter of a wood during a hunt to prevent the escape of the game.

Origin

  • stable + -ly
  • From Middle English stablie, from Anglo-Norman stablie.

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