A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
(poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
“He would wend his solitary way through the forest twenty-two miles to his Dunstable home to replenish his stock, and after a brief resting, would again renew his journey and labors.”