halting-place
Example Sentences
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About nightfall they reached their halting-place, a small village about ten miles distant from Durban, where they obtained a supply of fresh milk and mealies, resuming their journey on the following day.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
With artisans out of work, and with town-travelers of small trade, the pie-shop is a halting-place, its productions presenting a cheap substitute for a dinner.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
I hear that in the neighbourhood of Lât there is plenty of forage; in that case Lât will probably be our halting-place, if we find we cannot obtain sufficient grass and grain at Attala.
From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The tangka was a review, held on the eve of leaving the chief village, and at every halting-place on the way to the battlefield.
From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil
The Torretta degraded to a halting-place of tramcars!
From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.
