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Definition of Hallan
1. Noun. The passage or space between the outer and inner door of a cottage; the partition between the passage and the room ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hallan
1. a partition in a cottage [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hallan
Literary usage of Hallan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1881)
"hallan. The pas-age or space between the outer and inner door of a cottage ; the
partition between ... hallan-shaker, an impudent presuming beggar. North. ..."
2. English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) by John Matthews Manly (1916)
"I their only hawkie 2 docs afford, nt3 the hallan 4 snugly chows her Beneath the
stroke of heaven's avenging ne brings forth, ..."
3. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"hallan [a partition, In cottages, to screen the hall or kitchen from the air of
... That 'yont the hallan snugly chows her cood ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"In Great Britain, the toll paid for goods or merchandise vended in a mercantile
hall. hallan (hal'an), n. [Also hallen, hallan, halland; origin uncertain; ..."
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