sky-parloursky-parlorn.

Brit.

/ˈskʌɪˌpɑːlə/, U.S.

/ˈskaɪˌpɑrlər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sky n.¹, parlour n.

Etymology: < sky n.¹ + parlour n.

†1. A gallery in a theatre. Obsolete.Recorded earliest in attributive use.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > gallery

gallery1690

sky-parlour1747

amphitheatre1859

paradise1864

peanut gallery1876

nigger heaven1878

1747 S. Foote Rom. & Eng. Comedy 40 How often that lucky Circumstance has recommended..[this great Comedian] to the Approbation of the Sky-parlour Gentry, I submit to the Critics on the Ground Floor.

1807 Salmagundi 4 Feb. 29 The advice so often given by the illustrious tenants of the theatrical sky-parlour.

1874 C. C. Fulton Europe viewed through Amer. Spectacles 151/2 A sky-parlor box for Mr. Keyser.

1915 A. Stringer Prairie Wife 97 I'd sat..in the sky-parlor with the Italian barbers, in press-seats in the second gallery.

2. A room on the top floor of a house directly beneath the roof; an attic, a garret. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > upper room or loft

sollarc897

roostOE

loftc1385

cellara1400

roofc1405

garret1483

solier1483

hall of stage1485

coploft1571

cockloftc1580

tallet1586

cotloft1642

chamber1644

kitchen loft1648

vance-roof1655

sky-parlour1777

attic1818

soleret1851

overhead1949

dormer room1951

1777 ‘Nauticus’ Chapters x. 54 For the most part they live in sky-parlours, for the sake of quietness and light from above.

1805 Naval Chron. 13 7 I remained six weeks in this Sky parlour.

1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 41 The necessary order [was] also despatched to the carpenter and glazier to set them at work on Morgan's sky-parlour in the seventh story.

1891 H. James Let. 12 Jan. in L. Edel Sel. Lett. (1987) 241 The beautiful strange things you sent me..make for ever in my sky-parlour a sort of dim rumble as of the Pacific surf.

1928 Times 17 Apr. 19/5 Old Reuben Pipplewick, whose cottage is a veritable sky parlour near the top.

2005 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Aug. xi. 9/1 Increasingly, attics in those older homes are being refurbished into ‘sky parlors.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sky-parlour
释义	sky-parloursky-parlorn. Brit. /ˈskʌɪˌpɑːlə/, U.S. /ˈskaɪˌpɑrlər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sky n.¹, parlour n. Etymology: < sky n.¹ + parlour n. †1. A gallery in a theatre. Obsolete.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > gallery gallery1690 sky-parlour1747 amphitheatre1859 paradise1864 peanut gallery1876 nigger heaven1878 1747 S. Foote Rom. & Eng. Comedy 40 How often that lucky Circumstance has recommended..[this great Comedian] to the Approbation of the Sky-parlour Gentry, I submit to the Critics on the Ground Floor. 1807 Salmagundi 4 Feb. 29 The advice so often given by the illustrious tenants of the theatrical sky-parlour. 1874 C. C. Fulton Europe viewed through Amer. Spectacles 151/2 A sky-parlor box for Mr. Keyser. 1915 A. Stringer Prairie Wife 97 I'd sat..in the sky-parlor with the Italian barbers, in press-seats in the second gallery. 2. A room on the top floor of a house directly beneath the roof; an attic, a garret. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > upper room or loft sollarc897 roostOE loftc1385 cellara1400 roofc1405 garret1483 solier1483 hall of stage1485 coploft1571 cockloftc1580 tallet1586 cotloft1642 chamber1644 kitchen loft1648 vance-roof1655 sky-parlour1777 attic1818 soleret1851 overhead1949 dormer room1951 1777 ‘Nauticus’ Chapters x. 54 For the most part they live in sky-parlours, for the sake of quietness and light from above. 1805 Naval Chron. 13 7 I remained six weeks in this Sky parlour. 1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 41 The necessary order [was] also despatched to the carpenter and glazier to set them at work on Morgan's sky-parlour in the seventh story. 1891 H. James Let. 12 Jan. in L. Edel Sel. Lett. (1987) 241 The beautiful strange things you sent me..make for ever in my sky-parlour a sort of dim rumble as of the Pacific surf. 1928 Times 17 Apr. 19/5 Old Reuben Pipplewick, whose cottage is a veritable sky parlour near the top. 2005 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Aug. xi. 9/1 Increasingly, attics in those older homes are being refurbished into ‘sky parlors.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1747
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