carriage house

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So he found himself shortly in the carriage-house, from which everything on wheels had been run outside into the farmyard.
The Tale of Buster Bumblebee|Arthur Scott Bailey
At the left of the mansion are the carriage-house and the school-room of Dickens's sons.
A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors|Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe
Before they turned, a harrowing procession issued from the carriage-house doors beneath them.
Penrod and Sam|Booth Tarkington
The girls soon had the big surrey pulled out of the carriage-house and Zan led the horse out of the enclosure.
The Woodcraft Girls at Camp|Lillian Elizabeth Roy

He had unharnessed the mare, and with his back bent was pushing the buggy into the carriage-house.
Whilomville Stories|Stephen Crane