balcony

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print)

Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:02:03

Bal"co*ny (?), n.; pl. Balconies (#). [It. balcone; cf. It. balco, palco, scaffold, fr. OHG. balcho, pacho, beam, G. balken. See Balk beam.]

1. Arch.

A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.

⇒ "The accent has shifted from the second to the first syllable within these twenty years."

Smart (1836).

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