Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - stall

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Old English steall; akin to Old High German stal place, ~ and perhaps to Latin locus (Old Latin stlocus) place  Date: before 12th century  1.  a. a compartment for a domestic animal in a stable or barn  b. a space marked off for parking a motor vehicle  2.  a. a seat in the chancel of a church with back and sides wholly or partly enclosed  b. a church pew  c. chiefly British a front orchestra seat in a theater — usually used in plural  3. a booth, stand, or counter at which articles are displayed for sale  4. a protective sheath for a finger or toe  5. a small compartment a shower ~; especially one with a toilet or urinal  II. verb  Date: 14th century  transitive verb  1. to put into or keep in a ~  2. obsolete in~ 1  3.  a. to bring to a standstill ; block; especially mire  b. to cause (an engine) to stop usually inadvertently  c. to cause (an aircraft or airfoil) to go into a ~  intransitive verb  1. to come to a standstill (as from mired wheels or engine failure)  2. to experience a ~ in flying  III. noun  Date: 1916 the condition of an airfoil or aircraft in which excessive angle of attack causes disruption of airflow with attendant loss of lift  IV. noun  Etymology: alteration of stale lure  Date: 1846 a ruse to deceive or delay  V. verb  Etymology: 4~  Date: 1903  intransitive verb to play for time ; delay  transitive verb to hold off, divert, or delay by evasion or deception