plural of staleness

(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.

(transitive, obsolete) To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.

(chess, obsolete) At a standstill; stalemated.

A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.) / (dialectal) One of the posts or uprights of a ladder. / One of the rungs on a ladder. / (botany, obsolete) The stem of a plant.

(of alcohol, obsolete, transitive) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).