LO'BATE, LOB'BY, noun 1. An opening before a room, or an entrance into a principal apartment, where there is a considerable space between that and the portico or vestibule. 2. A small hall or waiting room. 3. A small apartment taken from a hall or entry. 4. In a ship, an apartment close before the captain's cabin. 5. In agriculture, a confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees or other fencing, near the farm-yard.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI