Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STANCH'ION, n. [Fr. etançon; Arm. stançonnu and stanconni, to prop. See Stanch.]

A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support. In ship-building, stanchions of wood or iron are of different forms, and are used to support the deck, the quarter rails, the nettings, awnings and the like. – Mar. Dict.