stal|lion

stal|lion
stal|lion «STAL yuhn», noun.
a male horse that can be used for breeding purposes.
[Middle English stalyone, alteration of staloun < Old French estalon < Germanic (compare Old High German stal stable, stall) (because it was kept in a stall)]

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