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Cloth hall
A cloth hall or linen hall is a historic building located in the centre of the main marketplace of a European town.
A cloth hall contained trading stalls, particularly for the selling of cloth but also leather, wax, salt, and exotic imports such as spices and silk.
Cloth halls were built from mediaeval times until the 17th century.
Usage examples of "cloth hall".
Turning south-west, out of the Cloth Hall, Square, he took the road to Bailleul and, after a mile, seeing no more English or French, he knew that he was now coming into an area where at any time he might run up against the Germans.