Hall
- Hall
- Hall Hall (h[add]l), n. [OE. halle, hal, AS. heal, heall; akin
to D. hal, OS. & OHG. halla, G. halle, Icel. h["o]ll, and
prob. from a root meaning, to hide, conceal, cover. See
{Hell}, {Helmet}.]
1. A building or room of considerable size and stateliness,
used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
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2.
(a) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in
early times the only public room, serving as the place
of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers
and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was
often contrasted with the {bower}, which was the
private or sleeping apartment.
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Full sooty was her bower and eke her hall.
--Chaucer.
Hence, as the entrance from outside was directly into
the hall:
(b) A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more
elaborated buildings of later times. Hence:
(c) Any corridor or passage in a building.
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3. A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's
court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion
house. --Cowell.
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4. A college in an English university (at Oxford, an
unendowed college).
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5. The apartment in which English university students dine in
common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six
o'clock.
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6. Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.
[Obs.] ``A hall! a hall!'' --B. Jonson.
Syn: Entry; court; passage. See {Vestibule}.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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hall — hall … Dictionnaire des rimes
hall — [ ol ] n. m. • 1672, répandu v. 1868; angl. hall; cf. halle ♦ Grande salle servant d entrée, d accès (dans un édifice public, une grande maison particulière). ⇒ entrée, salle, vestibule. Hall d hôtel. Le hall de la gare Saint Lazare, dit salle… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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hall — [ hɔl ] noun count *** 1. ) a long narrow passage inside a building with doors along it leading to rooms a ) the area inside the front door of a house or other building, that leads to other rooms: I wish you wouldn t leave your shoes in the hall … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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HALL (A.) — HALL ADELAIDE (1904 1993) Le jazz ne fut qu’une flamboyante parenthèse dans sa vie. C’est pour avoir un jour de 1927 rencontré un magicien nommé Duke Ellington et enregistré avec lui deux titres qui comptent parmi les premiers coups d’éclat… … Encyclopédie Universelle
hall — O.E. heall place covered by a roof, spacious roofed residence, temple, law court, from P.Gmc. *khallo to cover, hide (Cf. O.S., O.H.G. halla, Ger. halle, Du. hal, O.N. höll hall; O.E. hell, Goth. halja hell ), from PIE root *kel … Etymology dictionary
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