minstrels' gallery

noun

A form of balcony, often inside the great hall of a castle or manor house, where musicians (originally minstrels) could perform, sometimes discreetly hidden from the guests below.

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nounminstrels' gallery (plural minstrels' galleries)

plural minstrels' galleries

  1. A form of balcony, often inside the great hall of a castle or manor house, where musicians (originally minstrels) could perform, sometimes discreetly hidden from the guests below.

    It was the earliest brick-constructed house of its size in Shropshire, and is complete with minstrels' gallery, ornate chimneystacks, and vast fireplaces.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 102
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