Sc. Obs. Forms: 5 stanssour, 6 stanch(e)o(u)r, 7–8 stencher, 9 staincher. [? altered form of STANCHION sb. Cf. STANCHEL2.]
1. = STANCHION sb. 1.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, IV. 507. Out off wyndowis stanssouris all thai drew.
1559. Extracts Burgh Rec. Edin. (1873), III. 78. To put in greit stancheouris of irne in all the wyndois.
1667. Rec. Justiciary Crt. Edin. (S.H.S.), I. 214. The stenchers of the windows.
1792. G. Galloway, Poems, 52.
| For standin’ good for Willie Baird, | |
| He whistles through the stenchers, | |
| In Jail this day. |
1823. Galt, Gilhaize, iii. A wicket was opened in the doors, ribbed with iron stainchers on the outside.
2. = STANCHION sb. 2.
a. 1500. Medulla Gram., Calamarium, an ynk horne or a stauncher.
