Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Lobby

Lob′by

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Lobbies
(#)
.
[LL.
lobium
,
lobia
,
laubia
, a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG.
louba
, G.
laube
, arbor. See
Lodge
.]
1.
(Arch.)
A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.
3.
(Naut.)
An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
4.
(Agric.)
A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
Lobby member
,
a lobbyist.
[Humorous cant, U. S.]

Lob′by

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lobbied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lobbying
.]
To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes; in an extended sense, to try to influence decision-makers in any circumstance.
[U.S.]
Bartlett.

Lob′by

,
Verb.
T.
To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body;
as, to
lobby
a bill
; – also used with the legislators as object;
as, to lobby the state legislatuire for protection
.
[U.S.]

Similar Results