Sa-lōon', n.

n. [Fr. & Sp. salon, It. salone, from Fr. salle, Pr., Sp., & It. sala, a large room, a hall, Ger. saal, D. zaal, Dan. & Sw. sal, from O. H. Ger. sal, house, hall, A-S. sel, seat, dwelling, hall.] (Archl.) A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company, or for works of art; a hall of reception; a large public room or parlor;—applied also to halls for public entertainments or amusement; also, to apartments for specific public uses; as, the saloon of a steamboat, a refreshment saloon, or the like. “The gilded saloons in which the first magnates of the realm . . . gave banquets and balls.” Macaulay.