zaguanhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zaguan_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezaguan, n.
First published 1986; not fully revised

zaguannoun

  1. 1851–
    The passage running from the front door to the central patio in houses in South and Central America and in the south-western U.S.
    1. 1851
      Don Pedro was heard within, moving toward the ‘Saguan’.
      Harper's Magazine September 465/2
    2. 1863
      She had just seen Juanito's ghost in the saguan door.
      Rio Abajo Press 28 April 1/2
    3. 1880
      It was a long, narrowing perspective of arcades, lattices, balconies, zaguans, dormer windows, and blue sky.
      G. W. Cable, Grandissimes xviii. 131
    4. 1921
      There is the zaguan or vestibule at the outside, then the cancel or grating, and next the patio within.
      Chambers's Journal March 258/1
    5. 1921
      A couple of Moors—in the vestibule or zaguan—conduct a peculiar performance.
      Chambers's Journal November 821/1
    6. 1927
      Some stranger comes into the zaguan.
      D. H. Lawrence, Mornings in Mexico 12

zaguan, n. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

zaguan, n. was last modified in December 2024.