hallan
hallan noun: the passage or space between the outer and inner door of a cottage; the partition between the passage and the room.
Noun
hallan (plural hallans)
- The passage or space between the outer and inner door of a cottage; the partition between the passage and the room.
- 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 […]1881, Chambers's Journal, volume 58, number 1, page 343
- 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 […]1981, William Rollinson, Life & Tradition in the Lake District, page 22:I
Forms of hallan
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Words formed from hallan
Questions about hallan
- What does hallan mean?
- Hallan means the passage or space between the outer and inner door of a cottage; the partition between the passage and the room.
- What part of speech is hallan?
- Hallan is a noun.
- What is the plural of hallan?
- The plural of hallan is hallans.
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