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Webster 1913 Edition
Balcony
Bal′co-ny
(băl′kō̍-ny̆; 277)
, Noun.
pl.
Balconies
(băl′kō̍-nĭz)
. [It.
balcone
; cf. It. balco
, palco
, scaffold, fr. OHG. balcho
, palcho
, beam, G. balken
. See Balk
beam.] 1.
(Arch.)
A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet;
as, a
. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; balcony
in front of a windowas, the
. balcony
in a theater2.
A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.
☞ “The accent has shifted from the second to the first syllable within these twenty years.”
Smart (1836).
Definition 2024
balcony
balcony
English
A balcony.
Noun
balcony (plural balconies)
- An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
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- An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess:
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
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Translations
structure extending from a building
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structure overlooking a stage