stabling

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of stable

   As these [diesel] trains have to be shedded under cover at night, four additional outdoor standage roads are being provided for stabling of electric rolling stock after inspection in the shed.

   1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662

plural stablings

1. countableuncountableA building, shed, or room for horses and cattle; a stable.

   There was a very fine house and a great deal of stabling; we went into the yard through a stone gateway, and John asked for Mr. York.

   [1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 101

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   I forget how much stabling there is, but we always had a lot of horses there, twenty-five or thirty, and yet there always seemed to be plenty of room, and plenty of work for more.

   1897, Lord Ribblesdale [i.e., Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale], “Kennels and Stables”, in The Queen’s Hounds and Stag-Hunting Recollections […], London; New York, N.Y.; Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], page 206