LOB'BY, n. 1. An opening before a room, or an entrance into a principal apartment, where there is a considerable space between that and the portico or vestibule.2. A small hall or waiting room.3. A small apartment taken from a hall or entry.4. In a ship, an apartment close before the captain's cabin.5. In agriculture, a confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees or other fencing, near the farm-yard.
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