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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

sta·ble1 / ˈstābəl/ • adj. (-bler , -blest ) not likely to change or fail; firmly established: a stable relationship | prices have remained relatively stable. ∎  (of a patient or a medical condition) not deteriorating in health after an injury or operation: he is now in a stable condition in the hospital. ∎  (of a person) sane and sensible; not easily upset or disturbed: the officer concerned is mentally and emotionally stable. ∎  (of an object or structure) not likely to give way or overturn; firmly fixed: specially designed dinghies that are very stable. ∎  not liable to undergo chemical decomposition, radioactive decay, or other physical change. DERIVATIVES: sta·bly / -b(ə)lē/ adv. sta·ble2 • n. a building set apart and adapted for keeping horses. ∎  an establishment where racehorses are kept and trained. ∎  the racehorses of a particular training establishment. ∎  an organization or establishment providing the same background or training for its members: the player comes from the same stable as Agassi. ∎  a group of people trained by the same person or under one management: the agent looked after a big stable of European golfers. • v. [tr.] put or keep (a horse) in a specially adapted building. ∎  put or base (a train) in a depot. DERIVATIVES: sta·ble·ful / ˈstābəlˌfoŏl/ n. (pl. -fuls) .

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

stable2 able to remain erect, not liable to fail or vary, steadfast. XIII. — AN. stable, OF. estable (mod. stable) :- L. stabilis, -em firm as a foundation or support, standing firm, secure, steadfast, f. base of stāre STAND; see -BLE.
So stability XV. ME. stablete — OF. (e)stableté — L. stabilitās. stabilize XIX. — F. stabiliser. stablish (-ISH2) XIII. Earlier var. of ESTABLISH.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

stable it is too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted proverbial saying, mid 14th century; meaning that preventive measures taken after things have gone wrong are of little effect. (In early use, the proverb referred to horse-stealing; has bolted is a modern substitution for the traditional is stolen.)

See also because a man is born in a stable, it does not make him a horse.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

stable1 building for the housing of horses and †cattle. XIII. Aphetic — OF. estable stable, pigsty, etc. (mod. étable cowhouse) :- L. stabulum, Rom. *stabula (pl. used as fem. sg.) stall, enclosure for animals, lit, ‘standing-place’. f. base of L. stāre STAND.
Hence, or — OF. establer — L. stabulāre, stable vb. XIV.
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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

stable.
1. Building to shelter horses.

2. Horse-keeping establishment, usually given in the plural.
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Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms | 1985 | Copyright

Stable

horses collectively.

Examples : stable of asses, 1576; of brave horses, 1700.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

stable •babble, bedabble, dabble, drabble, gabble, grabble, rabble, scrabble •amble, bramble, Campbell, gamble, gambol, ramble, scramble, shamble •psychobabble • technobabble •barbel, garble, marble •pebble, rebel, treble •assemble, dissemble, Kemble, resemble, tremble •Abel, able, Babel, cable, enable, fable, gable, label, Mabel, sable, stable, table •enfeeble, feeble, Keble •dibble, dribble, fribble, Gribble, kibble, nibble, quibble, scribble •Abu Simbel, cymbal, gimbal, nimble, symbol, thimble, timbal •mandible •credible, edible •descendible, extendible, vendible •audible •frangible, tangible •illegible, legible •eligible, intelligible •negligible • dirigible • corrigible •submergible • fallible • indelible •gullible •cannibal, Hannibal •discernible • terrible • horrible •thurible •irascible, passible •expansible • collapsible • impassible •accessible, compressible, impressible, inexpressible, irrepressible, repressible •flexible •apprehensible, comprehensible, defensible, distensible, extensible, ostensible, reprehensible, sensible •indexible •admissible, dismissible, immiscible, impermissible, irremissible, miscible, omissible, permissible, remissible, transmissible •convincible, vincible •compossible, impossible, possible •irresponsible, responsible •forcible •adducible, crucible, deducible, inducible, irreducible, producible, reducible, seducible •coercible, irreversible, reversible, submersible •biocompatible, compatible •contractible • partible •indefectible, perfectible •contemptible •imperceptible, perceptible, susceptible •comestible, digestible, suggestible •irresistible, resistible •exhaustible •conductible, deductible, destructible, tax-deductible •corruptible, interruptible •combustible •controvertible, convertible, invertible •discerptible • persuasible • feasible •divisible, risible, visible •implausible, plausible •fusible •Bible, intertribal, libel, scribal, tribal •bobble, Chernobyl, cobble, gobble, hobble, knobble, nobble, squabble, wobble •ensemble •bauble, corbel, warble •coble, ennoble, Froebel, global, Grenoble, ignoble, noble •foible • rouble • Hasdrubal • chasuble •soluble, voluble •bubble, double, Hubble, nubble, rubble, stubble, trouble •bumble, crumble, fumble, grumble, humble, jumble, mumble, rough-and-tumble, rumble, scumble, stumble, tumble, umbel •payable, sayable •seeable, skiable •amiable •dyeable, flyable, friable, liable, pliable, triable, viable •towable •doable, suable, wooable •affable • effable • exigible • cascabel •takable • likable • salable • tenable •tunable • capable • dupable •arable, parable •curable, durable •taxable •fixable, mixable •actable • collectible •datable, hatable •eatable •notable, potable •mutable • savable • livable • movable •lovable • equable • sizable • usable •burble, herbal, verbal

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