Steamboat Gothic

or steamboat gothic

noun

1. a florid architectural style suggesting the gingerbread-decorated construction of river boats of the Victorian period.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Steamboat Gothic¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Though outwardly the Secretary General's mansion was hyper-gingerbread steamboat Gothic, inwardly it was entirely modern in plan.

From Project Gutenberg