How many of us know this word? Probably, few to none.
The stanchion is an English version of an Old French “Estanchon” which has a deriving meaning of “a support” and “standing”. So basically the purposeful meaning derived will become - “an object that supports the action of standing, mostly in a queue or in a stable position”. Now with that comprehension, one can understand that such object can be an upright post, a pole, a road blocker or a floor blocker, which is exactly what is.
However, with the definition of its usage, a stanchion qualifies to be a sturdy but temporary upright fixture that provides support to retractable objects like belts and ropes and can be expediently removed whenever desired.
Today, we see stanchions a primary product used to do crowd controlling and to draw waiting lines at places like banks, stores, hotels, museums, concerts, trade shows, railway stations, airports, restaurants and many others. It eases off the foot movement of largely gathered people at one place and also helps in space management.
But a few years back, this was not the same scenario. Industrial revolution kicked the pace of life to a great speed. People started having lesser and lesser time to spend over activities like waiting for their turns to come for deposition of cash at bank counters, bills at telephone or electricity department counters, get inside trains, aeroplanes and clubs.
Read More: Stanchions
0 comments: