garrison house
Americannoun
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a style of early New England house in which the second floor projects beyond the first.
Etymology
Origin of garrison house
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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The Ayer house occupies the site of a garrison house, built of strong oaken timbers, and used as a house of refuge in the time of the Indian wars.
From Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. by Pickard, Samuel T. (Samuel Thomas)
Jumping down, he started his party with utmost speed to their own garrison house.
From Some Three Hundred Years Ago by Brewster, Edith Gilman
All, however, succeeded in gaining the garrison house, which was near at hand.
From King Philip Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
About a dozen of the troops, on a reconnoitring party, crossed the bridge near the garrison house.
From King Philip Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
They advanced that day twenty-seven miles, to the garrison house of John Woodcock, within the limits of the present town of Attleborough.
From King Philip Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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