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名詞

great hall (複数形 great halls)

1. (history, architecture) The main room of a palace, castle or large manor house in the Middle Ages, or in a country house of the 16th and early 17th centuries
   • 2004, Melitta Weiss Adamson, Food in Medieval Times‎^[1], →ISBN, page 156:

     Even in castles and manor houses space was limited, and rooms including the great hall were used for other functions beyond dining.

2. (history, architecture) The principal building of a manor or castle compound
   • 2005, Philippa Gregory, The Constant Princess‎^[2], →ISBN:

     "Now this" — he indicated the great building facing them, with a handsome flight of steps up to the open door — "this is the great hall."

関連する語

• great chamber
• great room

参考

• great hall on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• thrallage