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VESTIBULE.
The. .morbid conditions of this vestibulary portion of the
respiratory apparatus.
Vestibule (ve'stibi»I), sb. Also a. 7-8 vestible.
[ad. L. vestibulum (hence F. vestibule,
OF. vestihk, It., Sp. and Pg. vestibulo), entrancecourt,
fore-court, entrance. The origin of the L.
word is uncertain.]
1. In reference to ancient times : The enclosed or
partially enclosed space in front of the main entrance
of a Roman or Greek house or building
an entrance-court or fore-court,
lii some instances approximating to next,
a. i6a3 CocKERAM I, VestibU, the porch of a dore. 1656
Blount Glossazr., Vtstible, . . a void place without the door,
a Porch, an Entry. 1753 Chambirs Cyct. Suppl. s.v.
Atrium, Some have mistakenly confounded the Atrium
with the porch or vestible, from which it was distinct. 1796
BuBNEY Mem. Melastasia II. 163 Porticos, vestibles of
temples, and other public buildings.
/3. a 1751 Bot-iNGBROKE Sttitiy Hist. ii. (1752) I. 19 The
citizens of Rome placed the images of their ancestors in the
vestibules of their houses. 1770 Lakchorne Plutarch
(1851)11. 1081/1 This tyrant. .would not suffer his guards
to do duty in the pab^ce, but only in the vestibule and
porticos about it. 1791 Cowper //iVxrfxi. 943 While ye on
preparation of the feast Attended both, Ulysses and myself
Stood in the vestibule. 1819 Keats Lamia u. 163 He met
within the murmurous vestibule His young disciple. 18x9
Shellev Cyclofs 119 (To) Throw you as balList into the
ships hold. And then deliver you, a slave, to move
Enormous rocks, or found a vestibule. 1891 Farrar
Darkn. ff Dawn i, In its vestibule was a bronze statue '
fifty feet high.
D. In modern usage : A chamber or hall immediately
between the entrance-door and the interior
of a building or house (usually one of some size),
to which it gives admittance ; an ante-chamber,
entrance-hall, or lobby.
«. 1730 Bailev (fob), A I 'ettihte is also used for a Kind of
little Anti-Chamber before the Entrance of an ordinary
Apartment. 1747 in Nairne I'eeragi Evidriice (1874) 80 In
the low vestible ane old clock.
». 1756 .Mrs. Delanv in Autoliiog. f, Curr. (1861) III. 437
Her apartment is the prettiest thing I ever saw, consisting
of a skylight antechamber or vestilmie, adurned in the
Gothic way. 1797 .Mrs. Radcliffe Italian i, He was soon
admitted to a small vestibule, where he found Hianchi winding
balls of silk. i8a8 .•)««. Reg. 76/1 A scene almost of
butchery took place in the staircases and vestibules. x86a
Miss Braddon Lady Audley xxxvi. The clock in the vesti.
bule struck nine as Robert opened the library-door. 1881
OwEMin Nature No. 618. 425 The impressive and rather
gloomy vestibule which leads to the great hall.
Comb. 1887 I'all .Malt G. 11 Nov. 2/2 This room opens
into a long and lofty vestibule-like chamber.
C. transf. ».nA fig.
Freq. from c 1800 j
usu. const, of, as in the first group,
("I «7SS VouNO Centaur ii. Wks. 1757 '^- M' ^« '''"''•
solemn approaches to, or dismal vestibules of, the grave.
1785 Burns Comman-pl. Bk. Oct., If ever any young man,
111 the vestibule of the world, chance to throw his eye over
these pages [etc.). 1800 .'ited. yml. III. 254 There can be
no very great deviation, while we remain at the vestibule of
useful inquiry. 1833 H. Coleridge Lives Northerns 3 A
single copy of verses [by Marvell). keeping its station in
the vestibule of Paradise Lost. 1861 ^. G. Holland Less,
Life iii. 48 To-day we stand in life's vestibule. 187s
GRiNDoNZ.r^i. 4 True figurative language is. .the vestibule
of philosophy.
(*) 17B1 Harris Philol. Eug. 11. iv. 106 Looking upon
Knowledge.. to pass into the Mansions of the Mind thro'
Language, they were careful.. not to offend in the Vestibule,
a 1848 k, W. Hamilton Rem, ^ f'unishm. viiHiSsj)
379 The present is the vestibule to a boundless existence.
•850 Mauricx Afor. t, .Met. Philos. (ed. 2) 131 One large
class of the Platonic Dialogues, which are the induction or
vestibule to the rest. 1873 Svmonds Grk. I'oets \. 3 Language
and Mythology form ihe vestibules and outer courts to
Homer, Pheidias, Lycur^us.
d. An enclosed and covered-in portion at either
end of a railway carriage, serving as a means of
passage from one carriage to another. Also allrib.
in vestibule train (see Vestibi'ledo.). Orig. U.S.
1880 Daily Ne7us 7 May 7/3 Communication was then
established by throwing a board across, and privacy secured
by stretching a piece of canvas above to connect the two
roofs. It was the vestibule train principle established unexpectedly
in a new quarter. 1890 T. M. Coolev, etc.
Railways Amer. 246 A perfectly enclosed vestibule of
handsome architectural appearance between the cars. 1896
Paily Nevis 14 July 9/7 The new vestibule East Coast
train.
2. Anat. (and Zool^. One or other of various
cavities or hollows regarded as forming an approach
or entrance to another, usually a larger or
more important, part.
A number of these, as vestibule 0/ the aorla, larynx,
mouth, pharynx, are specified in recent encyclopedic and
medical Diets.
a. The osseous cavity which forms the central
portion of the labyrinth of the ear and is situated
between the tympanum and the internal auditory
canal, immediately behind the cochlea.
I7«8 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Ear, The Labyrinth . . is divided
into three Parts; the first called the Vestibule. 178s A.
Monro -4 oa/. 72 The other [hole] ends in several very small
canals that allow a passage to the branches of the portio
mollis, .into Ihe vestibule and cochlea. 1836-9 Tod^ts Cycl.
Anat. II. 530/1 Of the compartments of the osseous laby.
rinlh, the vestibule lies in the middle, the semi.circular
canals behind it, and the cochlea in front. l8s6 Todd &
Bowman Phys. Anat. II. 96 The essential part of the organ
of hearing is the vestibule. 1884 CouES A'. Amer. Birds
Vol.. X.
161
188 The bony labyrinth consists of an irregular central
cavity, the vestibule.
b. (See tjuot. 1857.)
1841 Ramsbotham Obstetr. Medicine 55 The Meatus
Urtnarius, . . which is the canal leading to the bladder, is
situated at the further extremity of the vestibule. 1857
Bullock Caseaux Midjui/. 43 The vestibule is a small
triangular space placed at the upper part of the vulva.
1883 Duncan Clin. Led. Dis. It^om. (ed. 2) xvii. 167, I call
them inflammations of the pudendum; but they are often
called inflammations of the vulva, and sometimes of the
vestibule.
o. Membranotis vestibule, the membranous sacs
contained within the osseous vestibule of the ear.
1857 DUNOLISON Med. Lex. s.v.. There is also another
membrane, constituting the membranous vestibule, but it is
not an exact imitation of the osseous cavity.
d. Zool. ~ Vestibulum 2 b. rare.
1875 HUXLEV& Martin Elem.Biol. 87 When fa:cal matters
are discharged, they make their way out by an aperture
which is tempmarily formed in the floor of this vestibule.
Ve'Stibule, v. [Back-formation from next.]
trans. To provide or supply (a railway carriage)
with vestibules ; to unite by means of vestibules.
1891 in Cent. Diet. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 20 Apr. 2/1 The
two cars.. are ' vestibuled ' together by a central lobby.
S904_A^. ^ _Q. loth Ser. I. 346/2 Through carriages on a
certain train between London and Hull will henceforward
be ' vestibuled through ' to an express.
Ve'stibnled, a. [f. Vestibule sb.'] Of a
train : Provided with vestibules. Orig. l/.S.
'•9» T. M. CoOLEY, etc. Railways A mer. 249 The first of
the vestibuled trains went into service on the Pennsylvania
Railroad in June, 1886. 1898 lyestm. Gaz. 26 Apr. 6/4 The
vestibuled corridor dining-car trains on the East and West
Coast routes to Scotland.
Vestibnli'tis. PalA. [f. Vestibule sb. +
-ITIS.] Inflammation of the vestibule of the vulva^
1889 Duncan Clin. Led. Dis. tVom. (ed. 4) xi. 65 When
they do so women suffer.. from slight superficial inflammation—
vestibulitis.
VeBtibolO'tOnXjr. Surg-, [f. as prec. : see
-Tomy.] The operation of cutting or opening the
vestibule of the ear.
^ S908 Lancet 9 May 1341/2 We have come to regard
inferior vestibulotomy as a good and'adequate means of
draining the vestibule in cases of infection.. .Double vestibulotomy
was performed with partial removal of the cochlea.
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