2006-12-13 02:28:15 · 13 answers · asked by $Sun King$ 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
And if so, to what are you referring?
2006-12-13 02:29:24 · update #1
yes, it is a passage, hall or antechamber between an outer door and the interior parts of a house. Usually we refer to that area as the foyer and vestibule as the passage ways in a church.
2006-12-13 02:41:08 · answer #1 · answered by Chimes 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, which is subject to snow, sleet and rain for over half the year, our "vestibule" was a little hall between the front door and the entryway where we shook off our coats and removed our snowshoes and rain gear.
When I moved to sunny Southern California, I mentioned the concept of a "vestibule" to people out here and they acted as if I was from outer space. They just don't have them in houses here.
2006-12-13 04:02:41 · answer #2 · answered by crowbird_52 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, the vestibule's the little mini-hallway type thing between your front door and the inside of your house. The word isn't used much, but it's still around. :)
2006-12-13 11:46:05 · answer #3 · answered by Stina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a vestibule at the entry of a church. In a home it is a foyer. In a building it is a lobby.
2006-12-13 03:30:21 · answer #4 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do...I refer to the entry at church as the vestibule
2006-12-13 02:29:54 · answer #5 · answered by donnabellekc 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I use it. It's another word for "lobby" sort of.
I remember using it a lot in reference to church construction.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 11th edition has several definitions for this word.
Lobby is one, enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car is another; any various body cavities; and so on.
2006-12-13 03:00:51 · answer #6 · answered by Lizzie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it's for the same reason the Brits call an elevator a lift and a line a queue. It's just a regional variation.
2006-12-13 02:30:01 · answer #7 · answered by tangerine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've heard of this word being used in the south to mean "mud porch" like when you enter a house and there is a small room with a coat closet. a place to leave muddy and wet things . . .
2006-12-13 02:30:24 · answer #8 · answered by Each1Teach1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not any more. In the 40s and 50s it was a medium used word.
2006-12-13 02:30:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We do to refer to the front area of our church.
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2006-12-13 02:29:31 · answer #10 · answered by truth_handler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋