Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stall \Stall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stalled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Stalling}.] [Cf. Sw. stalla, Dan. stalde.]
   1. To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or
      stalls; as, to stall an ox.

            Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled.

            Dryden.

   2. To fatten; as, to stall cattle. [Prov. Eng.]

   3. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to
      install. --Shak.

   4. To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get
      on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart. --Burton.

            His horses had been stalled in the snow. --E. E.
                                                  Hale.

   5. To forestall; to anticipitate. Having

            This not to be stall'd by my report.  --Massinger.

   6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.]

            Stall this in your bosom.             --Shak.

Stalling \Stall"ing\, n.
   Stabling. --Tennyson.

Source : WordNet®

stalling
     n : a tactic used to mislead or delay [syn: {stall}]