בְּצוֹצְרָה, (reduplic. of בצר; cmp. חצוצרה) a compartment surrounded with bars, balustrade, balcony. Midd. II, 5 והקיפוה ב׳ וכ׳ and they surrounded the cell (לשכה) with a balcony so that the women could sit above, while the men were seated beneath it; [Succ. 51ᵇ גזוזטרא, Ms. M. גזוזטראות; Tosef. ib. IV, 1 שלש גז׳]. [The variations כצוצרא, כצוצטרא &c., v. Rabb. D. S. to Sabb. 96ᵃ, Erub. 78ᵇ notes, a. Ar. s. v. גזוזטרא, are clerical errors induced by assonance with the synonymous גזוזטרא. Ἔξώστρα as balcony, for h. עליה, Symm. II Kings I, 2, is itself an adaptation of גזוזטרא.]