In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
COMPARTMENTS
Noun
compartments
plural of compartment
Source: Wiktionary
COMPARTMENT
Com*part"ment, n. Etym: [F. compartiment, OF. compartir to divide. See Compart.]
1. One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden. In the midst was placed a large compartment composed of grotesque work. Carew.
2. (Shipbuilding)
Definition: One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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