n. 露台；阳台；（戏院）包厢（balcony的复数形式）

Balcony \Bal"co*ny\ (b[a^]l"k[-o]*n[y^]; 277), n.; pl.
{Balconies} (b[a^]l"k[-o]*n[i^]z). [It. balcone; cf. It.
balco, palco, scaffold, fr. OHG. balcho, palcho, beam, G.
balken. See {Balk} beam.]
1. (Arch.) A platform projecting from the wall of a building,
usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a
parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a
projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony
in a theater.

2. A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large
ships.

Note: ``The accent has shifted from the second to the first
syllable within these twenty years.'' --Smart (1836).