If there were other people in the hotel, they did not manifest their presence, save by disquieting noises muffled by intervening partitions.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
Instantly an even worse clatter and roar of machinery began under our feet, and the flimsy wooden floor and partitions vibrated visibly.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
At right angles to a central passage were tables with benches at each side, the tables being cut off from each other by partitions.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully