lake dwelling

American  

noun

1. a house, especially of prehistoric times, built on piles or other support over the water of a lake.

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lake dwelling British  

noun

1. a dwelling, esp in prehistoric villages, constructed on platforms supported by wooden piles driven into the bottom of a lake

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Other Word Forms

• lake dweller noun

Etymology

Origin of lake dwelling

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

In Dozmaré is a subaqueous pile of stones on which once stood a crannog or lake dwelling, while many arrow heads and worked flints have been found in the neighbourhood.

From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by Scott, C. A. Dawson

Imagine the delight of the gentlemen when they discovered that each of these mounds contained the remains of a lake dwelling which was constructed more than two thousand years ago.

From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

It appears on the face of the urn in the shape of a lake dwelling, which is given on p.

From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Donnelly, Ignatius

These Wa-Nyassa, or people of the lake, as they call themselves, have been driven away by fear, and they rarely leave their lake dwelling unless under cover of night.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various

Very soon the private establishment, with its staff of unorganised, quarrelling servants, of necessity either over or underworked, will be as extinct as the lake dwelling or the sandstone cave.”

From Tea-Table Talk by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)