bridge house
noun Nautical.
a deckhouse including a bridge or bridges for navigation.
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Origin of bridge house
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Words nearby bridge house
bridge cloth, bridge deck, bridge financing, bridge fluting, bridgehead, bridge house, bridge lamp, bridgeman, Bridgend, Bridge of Sighs, bridge passage
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Example sentences from the Web for bridge house
And also when certain warehouses were taken away, and laid into the Bridge-House, the annual sum of £6.
Chronicles of London Bridge|Richard ThompsonPerhaps that genius might be with him now in the bridge-house.
The Mummy and Miss Nitocris|George GriffithAs for the bridge-house, there chanced to be no spare quarters for us there.
One turns north towards us, with a busy windmiller of a signalman a-top the bridge-house.
Merchantmen-at-Arms|David W. Bone