porter's lodge
nounDefinitions
A building for the porter(s) near the gate of a castle, college, etc., (historical)…
A building for the porter(s) near the gate of a castle, college, etc., (historical) formerly used as a place of punishment for the staff.
- The keys... were on Saturday stolen from the porter's lodge.
An equivalent room near the gate of a college, chiefly used as a mailroom.
- [H]e walked across Hawthorn Tree Court on his way to the porter's lodge. […] At the lodge he cleared his pigeon-hole.
The neighborhood
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