cabane
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cabane
From French, dating back to 1910–15; see origin at cabin
Example Sentences
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They tended to associate this genre of music with the drivel piped into a touristy sugar shack, or cabane à sucre: ceaseless marionette music cluttered with the infernal racket of spoons.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
Quatreaux's cabane was situated on the edge of an extensive tract of marsh,—lagoon would be a more descriptive word for it, perhaps,—a splashy, ditch-divided district, extending along the borders of a lake for miles.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 by Various
On arriving at the cabane I found that Perrn had a long sore on his arm; next morning his leg was much swollen and very weak.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper
He know de storm, and de leetle cabane, and heart of de boy an' hees moder.
From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by William Joseph Long
I was once on a fishing expedition with habitant guides when we had to share the same cabane.
From A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 by George McKinnon Wrong
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