phr. Obs. [see HALL; the a is doubtful, whether ‘indef. article,’ prep., or interj.] An exclamation, implying ‘Make room (for a dance).’
1612. Chapman, Widows Tears, Dodsl., O. P. (1780), VI. 185. A hall, a hall, who’s without there?
1808. Scott, Marmion, V. xvii. And to his nobles loud did call,—Lords to the dance,—a hall! a hall!
