Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stable \Sta"ble\, n. [OF. estable, F. ['e]table, from L.
   stabulum, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, v. i.]
   A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in;
   esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a
   horse stable; a cow stable. --Milton.

   {Stable fly} (Zo["o]l.), a common dipterous fly ({Stomoxys
      calcitrans}) which is abundant about stables and often
      enters dwellings, especially in autumn. These files,
      unlike the common house files, which they resemble, bite
      severely, and are troublesome to horses and cattle.