stabling

Keeping horses sheltered

Stabling is shelter or accommodation for horses and other livestock, or the provision of such space.

A facility might offer stabling for twenty horses.

The word also refers to the act of putting animals in a stable: The stabling of the horses took longer than expected.

housing

barn

Agricultural storage structure

  • stallEnclosed compartment or delay
  • paddockSmall fenced animal enclosure
  • corralFenced livestock enclosure

pen · livery · standing · box stall · shelter · yard · compound · enclosure · hitching post · mews

equestrian

horsebox

Vehicle for transporting horses

saddle · gelding · mare · stallion · foal · colt · filly · groom · hostler · livery

care

grooming

Self-care for appearance

mucking · bedding · brushing · farriery · deworming · vaccination · blanketing · turnout · exercise · diet

agriculture

hay

Dried feed crop

  • fodderCoarse livestock nourishment
  • strawTube for sipping
  • oatsCereal grain for porridge

grain · silage · pasture · grazing · husbandry · manure · feedstock · chaff · bran · alfalfa

pastoral

countryside

Rural area beyond towns

rural · village · farmstead · homestead · estate · manor · ranch · hacienda · estancia · croft

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Opposites
housing location

stablingpasturing

Feeding animals on grassland

turning out · grazing · putting out to grass · free-ranging · letting loose

animal management action

stablingturning out

Proving to be

releasing · turning loose · letting loose · freeing · letting go

Family

establish

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