An occupant of the gallery at a theatre. Obsolete.

A person who cracks nuts. Now rare.

A frequenter of the ‘ground’ or pit of a theatre; hence, a spectator (reader, etc.) of average or inferior tastes, an uncritical or unrefined…

A spectator standing on the ground or floor, spec. in a theatre. Obsolete.

a mask worn by a woman in the pit of a theatre; (by metonymy) the wearer of such a mask.

A female occupant of a theatre gallery. Cf. god, n. 4a. Obsolete.

A spectator who occupies a place in the pit of a theatre.

(a) the holder of an ecclesiastical stall; (b) one who is in charge of a stall at a bazaar, etc.; (c) one who occupies a seat in the stalls of a…

a person who pays a half-crown for a seat at a performance, etc.; a publication costing a half-crown.

One who occupies a theatre-stall.