dead stand

plural dead stands

1. A standstill.

   Then followed a signal check to walking pace at Holloway and finally a dead stand of 5¾ min. while we stolidly contemplated the beauties of Belle Isle (not quite the equal of those of the Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore, on which I was destined to set eyes a few weeks later).

   1960 October, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 623

2. businessA stand of trees that have died.