hallan
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A partition between the door of a cottage and the fireplace, serving to shelter the inner part of the house from the cold air when the door is opened.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- noun The passage or space between the outer and inner door of a cottage; the partition between the passage and the room.
Examples
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A dark and smoky passage led, as usual, betwixt the exterior wall of the house, and the hallan, or clay wall, which served as a partition betwixt it and the interior.
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Old Janet got into some kind of kennel behind the hallan; Davie had been long asleep and snoring between Ban and Buscar.
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As soon as day dawned, Jean roused her guest, produced his horse, which she had accommodated behind the hallan, and guided him for some miles, till he was on the high-road to Lochside.
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He crossed the hallan to the kitchen door, and stopped there, overcome with pity.
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Luckie Macleary as she sat quietly beyond the hallan or earthen partition of the cottage, with eyes employed on Boston's Crook of the Lot, while her ideas were engaged in summing up the reckoning.
Note
The word 'hallan' may be a diminutive of the word 'hall'.
