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[[Image:Checking out his new digs.jpg|thumb|170px|left|A horse in a box stall, inside a stable]]
[[Image:Stanfordredbarn.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Leland Stanford]]'s horse stable, still in use]]
A '''stable''' is a [[building]] in which [[livestock]], especially [[horse]]s, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate [[stall (enclosure)|stall]]s for individual animals. There are many different types of stables in use today such as the American [[barn]] which is a large barn with a door each end and individual stalls inside or free standing stables with the classic top and bottom opening doors.
Historically, the headquarters of a unit of [[cavalry]] rather than just their horses' accommodation, would be called a stable.
Used metaphorically from this origin, a stable is a collection of people (e.g. [[professional wrestling|professional wrestlers]]) working under a single manager or animals kept by one owner.
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==See also==
[[Image:Veoy-church-stable-Molde-No.jpg|thumb|A modest stable with a few stalls]]
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*[[Barn (building)|Barn]]
*[[Pen (enclosure)|Pen]]
*[[Horse care]]
*[[Nativity of Jesus|Nativity]]
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[[Category:Agricultural buildings]]
[[Category:Horse management]]
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