HOSTELING

Noun

hosteling (uncountable)

(American spelling) Alternative spelling of hostelling

Source: Wiktionary


HOSTEL

Hos"tel, n. Etym: [OE. hostel, ostel, OF. hostel, ostel, LL. hospitale, hospitalis, fr. L. hospitalis. See Hospital, and cf. Hotel.]

1. An inn. [Archaic] Poe. So pass I hostel, hall, and grange. Tennyson.

2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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