Notes & Queries Archive
REPLY1850

Pallace

By C.W.G.

(No. 13. p. 202).—Mr. Halliwell, in his *Dictionary of Archaic, &c. Words*, explains this word as used in Devonshire:— “*Palace*, a Storehouse.”—Devon. “At Dartmouth, I am told there are some of these storehouses, called palaces, cut out of the rock, still retaining the name.” —*MS Devon. Gloss*.

Topics: Archaic Words, Storehouses

Locations: Devonshire, Dartmouth