dwelling house
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dwelling house
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
Example Sentences
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Hundreds packed the dwelling house at the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake to celebrate the life of Sister Frances Carr after her death at 89.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2017
The land was first developed in 1784, when John Denison built a structure that would serve as a hatter’s shop, dwelling house and single-family home until 1959.
From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2017
One provision of that law prohibits discharging a firearm “so that a shot, slug or bullet lands upon any occupied dwelling, house, or residence, or any barn, stable or other building used in connection therewith.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2013
The frontispiece was a photograph of the gingerbread fagade of a standard, middleclass, dwelling house of the 'gos.
From Time Magazine Archive
Curtilage, used for the first time in any description, is a law term denoting the fenced-in area adjoining a dwelling house or a courtyard.
From How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation by Hiden, Martha Woodroof
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