A horse in a box stall, inside a stable

Leland Stanford's horse stable, still in use

A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. Amasa Leland Stanford ( March 9, 1824 June 21, 1893) was an American Tycoon, Politician and founder of In Architecture, Construction, Engineering and real estate development the word building may refer to one of the following Any man-made Livestock is the term used to refer (singularly or plurally to a Domesticated Animal intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to produce such as Food The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate stalls for individual animals. A stall is a small enclosure of some kind usually less enclosed than a Room. There are many different types of stables in use today such as the American barn which is a large barn with a door each end and individual stalls inside or free standing stables with the classic top and bottom opening doors. A barn is an agricultural building used for storage and as a covered workplace

Historically, the headquarters of a unit of cavalry rather than just their horses' accommodation, would be called a stable. The Cavalry (from French cavalerie) is the second oldest of the Combat Arms, and as Soldiers or Warriors who fought mounted on

Used metaphorically from this origin, a stable is a collection of people (e. g. professional wrestlers) working under a single manager or animals kept by one owner. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff

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A modest stable with a few stalls

• Barn
• Pen
• Horse care
• Nativity
• Video games