| 单词 | piece hall |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspiece hall piece hall n. now chiefly historical an exchange or other building in which cloth is sold by the piece (sense 4a). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > place where merchants meet > for specific goods Coal Exchange1755 piece hall1776 Corn-Exchange1794 cloth-hall1836 1776 T. Fairfax Memoirs 24 The utility of the Piece-Hall, will..prove a great and permanent benefit, not only to the Proprietors, but also to the Merchant, Manufactor, Farmer, [etc.]. 1821 J. Nicholson Seige of Bradford 26 A public house the only piece-hall was, And one small table held the merchants' store. 1995 R. M. Cooper Literary Guide & Compan. to Northern Eng. ii. 139 Its centuries-old Piece Hall is the only surviving manufacturers' hall in Britain. < as lemmas |
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