Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
STALL
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English steall; akin to Old High German stal place, stall and perhaps to Latin locus (Old Latin stlocus) place Date: before 12th century
1. a compartment for a domestic animal in a stable or barn, a space marked off for parking a motor vehicle,
2. a seat in the chancel of a church with back and sides wholly or partly enclosed, a church pew, a front orchestra seat in a theater, a booth, stand, or counter at which articles are displayed for sale, a protective sheath for a finger or toe, a small compartment ,
II. verb
Date: 14th century
transitive verb to put into or keep in a stall, install 1,
3. to bring to a standstill ; block , to cause (an engine) to stop usually inadvertently, to cause (an aircraft or airfoil) to go into a stall, intransitive verb to come to a standstill (as from mired wheels or engine failure), to experience a stall in flying,
III. noun
Date: 1916
the condition of an airfoil or aircraft in which excessive angle of attack causes disruption of airflow with attendant loss of lift,
IV. noun
Etymology: alteration of stale lure
Date: 1846
a ruse to deceive or delay,
V. verb
Etymology: 4stall
Date: 1903
intransitive verb to play for time ; delay , transitive verb to hold off, divert, or delay by evasion or deception