In the nineteenth century, the cheap seats at the back of a theatre or in the upper balcony.
Any source of heckling, unwelcome commentary or criticism, especially from a know-it-all or of an inexpert nature. May also now refer to general audience response: "Let's hear it from the peanut gallery."
The upper balcony to which black patrons were restricted in racially segregated venues such as theatres.
A porch surrounded by columns.
A sacred roofed courtyard with a central pillar (the potomitan), used as a space for voodoo ceremonies, either alone or as an adjunct to an enclosed temple or altar-room.
A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns.