Meaning of hallan | Babel Free

Definitions

The passage or space between the outer and inner door of a cottage; the partition between the passage and the room.

Cumbria, Ireland, Northumbria, Scotland, dialectal

Examples

“Nails had been driven into the boards in every spot where a nail could possibly be inserted, and on these were hung the various articles of this curious museum. Exactly opposite the door there had been originally cut⟳ in the hallan an opening […]”

“Having successfully negotiated the threshwood, the visitor found himself in the hallan, which was about four feet wide. The hallan formed a convenient storage place⟳ for sacks of corn on the eve of market day and here, too, pigs were hung up […]”

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