fire hall
- US and Canadian a fire station
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Historical Examples
In the Eyrbyggja Saga we have descriptions of the "fire-hall," skli or eldhs.
Homer and His AgeAndrew Lang
The fire-hall was the common sleeping-room in Icelandic homesteads.
Homer and His AgeAndrew Lang
That summer Olaf had a fire-hall built at Herdholt, a greater and better than had ever been seen before.
Laxdla SagaAnonymous
He had no will to lie anight in the fire-hall and was mostly of few words.
The Story of Grettir The StrongTranslated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris
Aud went to the door and found it open, and she went into the fire-hall to the locked-bed in the wall.
Laxdla SagaAnonymous