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hall stand

British  

noun

  1. a piece of furniture on which are hung coats, hats, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Wednesday’s show — the last of the Disney hall stand — got to all of it, with Simon still in exquisite form in the last light of his performing career.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2025

Near Hrothgar’s hall stand the images of the Scyldings’ gods, grotesque faces carved out of wood or hacked from stone and set up in a circle, eyes staring inward, gazing thoughtfully at nothing.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

Hardwick Hall is a very perfect example of Elizabethan building; ruins of the old Tudor hall stand near by.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

On the hall stand was a stack of visiting cards.

From The Weight of the Crown by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White

In this passage or hall stand the women, and do not enter the church as they do not enter other churches, unless they go to the Lord's supper.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen

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