'Lombard Street' definitions:
Definition of 'Lombard Street'
(from WordNet)
noun
A street in central London containing many of the major London banks
Definition of 'Lombard Street'
From: GCIDE
- Lombard \Lom"bard\, prop. n. [F. lombard, fr. the Longobardi or Langobardi, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See Long, and Beard, and cf. Lumber.]
- 1. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A money lender or banker; -- so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Same as Lombard-house. [1913 Webster]
- A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mil.) A form of cannon formerly in use. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- Lombard Street, the principal street in London for banks and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market and interest of London. [1913 Webster]