A boy or young man who attends in a stable.

(UK, law, obsolete) 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.

(Greek mythology) The filthy stables of Augeas, the cleaning of which was the fifth of the twelve Labors of Hercules. / (figuratively) A place or situation characterized by filth or corruption.

An undesirable habit or stereotypy in a horse or other equine, often the result of confinement in a stable with insufficient exercise, companionship, etc.

plural of stable vice

plural of livery stable

livery yard

plural of stable girl

Of foods, storable for extended periods at room temperature.

(physics) an equilibrium in which a small disturbance causes it to move back to the original state