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Stanchion

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(old Fr. estancon), the upright iron bar between the mullions of a window, screen, etc.; they were frequently ornamented at the top with fleurs-de-lis, leaves, etc. The upright bars or railings around tombs may be called stanchions. and these were often very elaborately ornamented at the top. The name is also sometimes, applied to the quarters or studs of wooden partitions, and is used in the North of England for the stone mullions also. — Parker, Gloss. of Architect. s.v.