boathouse

[boht-hous]

noun

plural

boathouses 

1. a building or shed, usually built partly over water, for sheltering a boat or boats.

boathouse

/ ˈbəʊtˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a shelter by the edge of a river, lake, etc, for housing boats

Word History and Origins

Origin of boathouse¹

First recorded in 1715–25; boat + house

Example Sentences

Before the rendezvous with Clark at the boathouse, I’d treated myself to a manicure.

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Forestry Department to trim trees, brought in gang interventionists who joined in a peace march around the park, and confiscated stolen property, including shopping carts, and stored it in the abandoned boathouse.

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And he’s kind of the leader of the role models, how he does the right things at school, the right things as a citizen and the right things in the boathouse.”

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New wheelchair ramps are already installed between the boathouse and the renovated and reopened bathrooms.

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“Well, for one thing, Ray’s Boathouse used to be an actual boathouse,” he recently told me.

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