engine house

noun

1. a building in which a fire engine is stationed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of engine house¹

First recorded in 1725–35

Example Sentences

Their outfits featured a Union Jack, a classic Cornish mining engine house and scones topped with jam first, then cream — the only proper way, they insisted, while chastising anyone who did it differently, much like their intolerable cousins from the neighboring county of Devon.

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He was born in the railway’s engine house, Railway President Mark Bassett said.

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The museum is known for offering train rides pulled by century-old steam engines and tours of the machine shop and engine house.

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He followed his father into the ranks in 1969, and in the 53 years since, Mr. Nigro held almost every job there is to hold in the department, from “probie” at a Manhattan engine house to fire commissioner.

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Water hit their Engine House Theater so hard that it poured in the walls, Bon’ewell recounted.

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