lobby

A name sometimes given to an apartment close before the great cabin bulk-head.

← lob × lob-cock →

Lobby
·noun A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard. II...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to lobby
To attempt to exert an influence on the members of a legislative body, by persons not members of suc...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
lobby-member
A person who frequents the lobby of a house of legislation.--Worcester. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.