freight house
noun
a depot or storage place for freight.
Origin of freight house
1An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Words Nearby freight house
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How to use freight house in a sentence
At one corner of the freight-house on the wharf was a big iron ring, to which the squire tied the dog.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithThe goods we had ordered began to arrive after breakfast, Bert bringing them from the freight house in his large wagon.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonAbout twelve o'clock that night we held a council of war, which ended in our running the train into the out freight-house.
The Nerve of Foley | Frank H. SpearmanKnew your cousin down at Rochelle; we worked on the same desk in the freight house.
Bart Stirling's Road to Success | Allen ChapmanAt length, however, he saw four masts towering above the roof of a freight house.
Cap'n Warren's Wards | Joseph C. Lincoln
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