icehouse

[ ahys-hous ]

/ ˈaɪsˌhaʊs /

a building for storing ice.

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First recorded in 1680–90; ice + house

And he even took advantage of a winter when there was no ice, to give up his icehouse and save the expense of filling it.
The Village Rector|Honore de Balzac
There was also a nice little cave, made of stones, and that was almost as cool as an icehouse.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels|Howard R. Garis
I found some beautiful specimens in George Mosher's icehouse.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard
There's about as much need of another of that kind as there is of an icehouse at the North Pole.
Thankful's Inheritance|Joseph C. Lincoln

He has to live in an icehouse outside and a hothouse inside; so hot that he may be said to construct an icehouse inside that.
What I Saw in America|G. K. Chesterton