2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. ``A bachelor's life in
chambers.'' --Thackeray.
3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative
body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate
chamber.
4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or
association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of
Commerce.
5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as,
the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the
chamber of the eye.
6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts
business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such
official business as may be done out of court.
8. (Mil.)
(a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which
holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from
the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made
smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in
breech-loading guns.
(b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to
contain the powder.
(c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on
its breech, without any carriage, formerly used
chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades.
{Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary.
{Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the
interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and
traders of a city.
{Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak.
{Chamber} {counsel or counselor}, a counselor who gives his
opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not
advocate causes in court.
{Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum.
{Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber.
{Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to
performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience
room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church.
{Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law,
who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in
court.
{To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge.
2. To be lascivious. [Obs.]
2. To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.