Cloakroom
– Attendants
– Attended cloakrooms provide secure storage for coats and bags
– Customers receive a ticket or receipt for their items
– Commonly found at nightclubs, theaters, concert halls, restaurants, and museums
– Fees or tips may be charged when reclaiming items
– Some cloakrooms indicate mandatory fees or tips
– India
– Cloak rooms in major Indian railway stations offer luggage storage
– Larger stations have 24-hour staffed facilities
– Smaller stations operate from early morning to evening
– Passengers can store luggage to avoid carrying it around the city
– Facilities managed by the Commercial Department of Indian Railways
– US Congress
– Cloakrooms in the United States Congress allow members to socialize outside formal meetings
– Used by both the Senate and the House of Representatives
– Spaces for eating, socializing, and resting without leaving the building
– Access limited to Senators, Representatives, Senate Pages, and select staff
– Some cloakrooms have private phone numbers
– See also
– Related concepts: Coat closet, Entryway, Garderobe
– Additional resources for understanding cloakroom-related topics
– Notes
– Definition of cloak-room according to etymonline.com
– Archived information on cloakroom facility in Indian Railways
– Details on cloakroom facility at Delhi Airport
– Reference to C-SPAN’s Capitol Questions
– External links
– Wikimedia Commons contains media related to Cloakrooms
– Access to further information on cloakrooms in Wiktionary
– External resources for exploring cloakroom-related content
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A cloakroom, known as a coatroom in North America, is a room for people to hang their coats, cloaks or other outerwear when they enter a building. Cloakrooms are typically found inside large buildings, such as gymnasiums, schools, churches or meeting halls.
In the UK, a cloakroom may also refer to a lavatory.