springhouse

[ spring-hous ]

noun,plural spring·hous·es [spring-hou-ziz]. /ˈsprɪŋˌhaʊ zɪz/.
  1. a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.

Origin of springhouse

1
An Americanism dating back to 1745–55; spring + house

Words Nearby springhouse

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How to use springhouse in a sentence

  • And that cave was the one whar my Mammy kept her milk and butter--the springhouse whar they put you in prison.

    The Power and the Glory | Grace MacGowan Cooke
  • She went her ways, saw to the garden and made the butter in the cool springhouse, and sat in the window seat in the twilights.

    Tharon of Lost Valley | Vingie E. Roe
  • Night was coming fast across Lost Valley, while the tree-toads out by the springhouse set up their nightly chorus.

    Tharon of Lost Valley | Vingie E. Roe
  • One of the children brought it from the springhouse, and the young adventurers drank freely and with a good relish.

    The Lost Army | Thomas W. Knox
  • A springhouse (L) stands at the entrance to the ear-shaped site.

    North Dakota | Various

British Dictionary definitions for springhouse

springhouse

/ (ˈsprɪŋˌhaʊs) /


noun
  1. a storehouse built over a spring for keeping dairy products and meat cool and fresh

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