great halls

Noun

great hall (plural great halls)

1. 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.
   • Even in castles and manor houses space was limited, and rooms including the great hall were used for other functions beyond dining.2004, Melitta Weiss Adamson, Food in Medieval Times, →ISBN, page 156
2. The principal building of a manor or castle compound.
   • "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."2005, Philippa Gregory, The Constant Princess, →ISBN