booth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: booth	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for booth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
booth n a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high- backed benches small area set off by walls for special use Synonym(s): booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865) Synonym(s): Booth, John Wilkes Booth a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Booth \Booth\ (b[oomac][th]), n. [OE. bothe; cf. Icel. b[umac][edh], Dan. & Sw. bod, MHG. buode, G. bude, baude; from the same root as AS. b[umac]an to dwell, E. boor, bower, be; cf. Bohem. bauda, Pol. buda, Russ. budka, Lith. buda, W. bwth, pl. bythod, Gael. buth, Ir. both.] 1. A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation. --Camden. 2. A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or market, or at a polling place.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Booth a hut made of the branches of a tree. In such tabernacles Jacob sojourned for a season at a place named from this circumstance Succoth (Gen. 33:17). Booths were erected also at the feast of Tabernacles (q.v.), Lev. 23:42, 43, which commemorated the abode of the Israelites in the wilderness.