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 montrait sur le Palatin le berceau et la cabane de Romulus.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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 Whymper, Edward
Pierre kept the cabane well supplied with provisions, leaving them just inside of the gate.
From The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature by Van Dyke, Henry
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