[f. STABLE v.2 (? and sb.) + -ING1.] The action of placing or accommodating (horses) in a stable; stable accommodation; stable-buildings collectively.
1481–90. Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.), 322. Item. for the stabilling of iiij. cartes iiij.d.
1494. in Aungier, Syon (1840), 79. Fyndynge … to theym … mete, drynke, horsmete, loggynge, stablenge, and all other thyngs necessary.
1586. Exch. Rolls Scot., XXI. 617. The expensis requisit to his hienes hous and stabling.
1683. Charles II., in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.), I. 339. For whom our Harbingers are to provide lodging and stabling near our Court.
1735. Thomson, Liberty, III. 370. A Stabling now for Wolves.
1782. R. Cumberland, Anecd. Emin. Painters, II. 171. His Majesty is now adding wings and a corps of stabling, which are far advanced.
1813. Sporting Mag., XLII. 53. A very beautiful engraving of the Stabling at Errol House.
1841. Dickens, Barn. Rudge, x. You can give my horse good stabling, can you.
1850. Thackeray, Pendennis, lxxv. Excellent stabling and loose boxes for horses at the ‘Clavering Arms.’
1886. Pall Mall Gaz., 10 April, 5/2. The chapel, guard-room, entrance tower, and stablings.
1890. ‘R. Boldrewood,’ Col. Reformer (1891), 276. The long range of stabling at no inconvenient distance.
attrib. 1899. Daily News, 23 June, 8/5. Comfortable stabling quarters.
