DCHP-1 Online

potlatch hall Pacific Coast

• a communal hall for holding potlatches (def. 2).

  See also: potlatch ((n.)) (def. 2)  

  • 1926  The trial will be held in the old potlatch hall.
  • 1954  Perhaps all had plank houses . . . but Chowitsut also had a "potlatch house" at the Portage. . . .
  • 1966  There were signs of life . . . in the potlatch house. . . .