box stall
noun
: an individual enclosure within a barn or stable in which an animal may move about freely without a restraining device
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In her box stall on 52nd Street, Mr. Fintzi’s shaggy draft horse Stella, a Chicago carriage horse until that city banned the practice in 2020, nibbled hay on a recent afternoon.
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Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2022
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Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2022
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“Box stall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20stall. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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