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English
Verb
stalling
- present participle and gerund of stall
Noun
stalling (countable and uncountable, plural stallings)
- The act of a person or thing that stalls.
repeated stallings of the car engine
- Stabling.
1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., , →OCLC, page 58:But hire us some fair chamber for the night, / And stalling for the horses, and return / With victual for these men, and let us know.
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Dutch
Etymology
From stallen (“to park, put aside”) + -ing.
Pronunciation
Noun
stalling f (plural stallingen, diminutive stallinkje n)
- a place where gear can be stored, or where vehicles (especially bicycles) can be parked
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