vestibule

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eteishalli puhekieltä A passage, hall or room, such as a lobby, between the outer door and the interior of a building. (defdate)
1813, w:Jane Austen|Jane Austen, s:Pride and Prejudice/Chapter 51|Pride and Prejudice, Volume 3, Chapter 9,

Lydia's voice was heard in the vestibule; the door was thrown open, and she ran into the room.

The purpose of the vestibule, at least in western Europe, was not to provide a resting-place for penitents, but to deaden the noise outside.

Some instinct warned Armitage that what was taking place was not a thing for unfortified eyes to see, so he brushed back the crowd with authority as he unlocked the vestibule door.

The exit side of the front vestibule contains a sliding door.

The membrane of the vestibule in this animal is thrown into three folds. The margins of these folds, looking towards the vestibule, are approximated, and, following the law which is now known to regulate the formation of hollow tubes, doubtless unite and coalesce in the next higher species of fish.

The Vestibule (vestibulum nasi). — The paired vestibule may be considered an antechamber to the nasal fossa.

The incision of the mucosa over the premaxilla is traced a millimetre or two from the furrow that marks the bottom of the barely-defined vestibule.

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