booth Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches
  2. noun small area set off by walls for special use
    kiosk; stall; cubicle.
  3. noun United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)
    John Wilkes Booth.
  4. noun a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment

WordNet

Booth noun
Etymology
OE. bothe; cf. Icel. b, Dan. & Sw. bod, MHG. buode, G. bude, baude; from the same root as AS. ban to dwell, E. boor, bower, be; cf. Bohem. bauda, Pol. buda, Russ. budka, Lith. buda, W. bwth, pl. bythod, Gael. buth, Ir. both.
Definitions
  1. A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation. Camden.
  2. A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or market, or at a polling place.

Webster 1913