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Webster 1913 Edition

Saloon

Sa-loon′

(sȧ-loōn′)
,
Noun.
[F.
salon
(cf. It.
salone
), fr. F.
salle
a large room, a hall, of German or Dutch origin; cf. OHG.
sal
house, hall, G.
saal
; akin to AS.
sael
,
sele
, D.
zaal
, Icel.
salr
, Goth.
saljan
to dwell, and probably to L.
solum
ground. Cf.
Sole
of the foot,
Soil
ground, earth.]
1.
A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor;
as, the
saloon
of a steamboat
.
The gilden
saloons
in which the first magnates of the realm . . . gave banquets and balls.
Macaulay.
2.
Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop;
as, a drinking
saloon
; an eating
saloon
; a dancing
saloon
.
We hear of no hells, or low music halls, or low dancing
saloons
[at Athens.]
J. P. Mahaffy.

Webster 1828 Edition

Saloon

SALOON'

,
Noun.
[See Hall.]
In architecture, a lofty spacious hall, vaulted at the top, and usually comprehending two stories with two ranges of windows. It is a magnificent room in the middle of a building, or at the head of a gallery, &c. It is a state room much used in palaces in Italy for the reception of embassadors and other visitors.

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