Any dwelling or lodging. An establishment or building providing lodging and, usually, food and drink for travelers; hotel or motel, esp. one in the country or along a highway. A restaurant or tavern.
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Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway. Before the advent of motorized transportation, they also provided accommodation for horses.
Inns had a main hall, chambers (could be anywhere from 5 to as many as 17 with 1 to 3 beds a piece), a kitchen, innkeeper's quarters, stables, and common area.
In the late middle ages, they seem to have been fairly common in both England and France, and were also common places to eat, even for locals. But earlier, they were probably rarer, just because there was less infrastructure. The Romans had them in Gaul, and they probably survived for some time under the Franks.