Stā'ble-stānd, n.

n. (Eng. Law.) The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a cross-bow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or with a long bow; or standing close by a tree with grey-hounds in a leash ready to slip. This is one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer. Wharton.