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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Stable stand

/(stănd`)/ · Sta·ble stand · IPA
01 The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by …
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    The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a 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 man intends stealing the king's deer.(O.Eng. Law)