Vĕs'ti-būle, n.

n. [Fr. vestibule, Sp. vestibulo, It. vestibulo, vestibolo, Lat. vestibulum.] The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or ante-chamber next the entrance, and from which doors open to the various rooms of the house; a lobby; a porch; a hall.

Vestibule of the ear (Anat.), a cavity of irregular shape which forms part of the labyrinth or internal ear.

Synonyms—Hall; passage.—VESTIBULE, HALL, PASSAGE. A vestibule is a small apartment within the doors of a building. A hall is the first large apartment beyond the vestibule, and, in the United States, is usually long and narrow, serving as a passage to the several apartments. In England, the hall is generally square or oblong, and a long, narrow space of entrance is called a passage, not a hall, as in America. In a figurative sense, vestibule denotes the place of entrance; while hall is used for any large room, and often for any large building. “The citizens of Rome placed the images of their ancestors in the vestibules of their houses.” Bolingbroke. “That light we see is burning in my hall.” Shak.