Obs. rare–1. [ad. Sp. estanterol, ‘the Mid part of the Galley, where the Captain stands in time of Fight’ (Stevens).] ? The center gangway of a galley.
1755. Smollett, Quix. (1795), II. I. IV. xii. 189/2. Seizing the captain, who stood upon the stentrel,… they tossed him forwards from bench to bench.
