plural of stale

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stale

plural of staleness

present participle of stale

(food industry) The process whereby bread goes stale.

(falconry, hunting, obsolete) A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap. / (obsolete) Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.

(rare, obsolete, transitive) To serve as a decoy, to lure.

(military, obsolete) A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line. / (chess, uncommon) A stalemate; a stalemated game. / (military, obsolete) An ambush.

(chess, uncommon, transitive) To stalemate. / (chess, obsolete, intransitive) To be stalemated.

(livestock, obsolete) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.