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bridge house

American  

noun

Nautical.
  1. a deckhouse including a bridge or bridges for navigation.


Etymology

Origin of bridge house

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400


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Another extreme option for potential buyers: Consider a quirky, one-of-a-kind property like Alhambra’s bridge house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

"We both saw the rise of homelessness. Now we have this beautiful bridge house that's being built right now to help people."

From Fox News ● May 2, 2021

Hato in St Anna Channel She was a small Dutch freighter with a high bow and stem, and a bridge house in the middle between two well decks.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

He may repent him of the friendships he made at the bridge house.

From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Evelyn Everett-Green

With these, of course, no one at the bridge house had anything to do, except Violet.

From The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson

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