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Webster 1913 Edition
Vestibule
Ves′ti-bule
,Noun.
[L.
vestibulum
, of uncertain origin: cf. F. vestibule
.] The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.
Vestibule of the ear
. (Anat.)
See under
– Ear
. Vestibule of the vulva
(Anat.)
, a triangular space between the nymphae, in which the orifice of the urethra is situated.
– Vestibule train
(Railroads)
, a train of passenger cars having the space between the end doors of adjacent cars inclosed, so as to admit of leaving the doors open to provide for intercommunication between all the cars.
Syn. – Hall; passage.
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Vestibule
, Hall
, Passage
. A vestibule is a small apartment within the doors of a building. A hall is the first large apartment beyond the vestibule, and, in the United States, is often long and narrow, serving as a passage to the several apartments. In England, the hall is generally square or oblong, and a long, narrow space of entrance is called a passage, not a hall, as in America. Vestibule is often used in a figurative sense to denote a place of entrance. “The citizens of Rome placed the images of their ancestors in the vestibules of their houses.” Bolingbroke
Webster 1828 Edition
Vestibule
VES'TIBULE
,Noun.
1.
The porch or entrance into a house, or a large open space before the door, but covered. Vestibules for magnificence are usually between the court and garden.2.
A little antechamber before the entrance of an ordinary apartment.3.
An apartment in large buildings, which presents itself into a hall or suit of rooms or offices. An area in which a magnificent staircase is carried up is sometimes called a vestibule.4.
In anatomy, a cavity belonging to the labyrinth of the ear.