Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Booth"
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Booth \Booth\ (b[=oo][th]), n. [OE. bothe; cf. Icel. b[=u][eth],
Dan. & Sw. bod, MHG. buode, G. bude, baude; from the same
root as AS. b[=u]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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
booth
n 1: a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two
high-backed benches
2: small area set off by walls for special use [syn: {cubicle},
{stall}, {kiosk}]
3: American actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)
[syn: {Booth}, {John Wilkes Booth}]
4: a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment
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