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

Carlingwark Loch contains several islets, on one of which is a crannog, or ancient lake dwelling.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

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)

A Swiss skull of the stone age, found in the lake dwelling of Meilen, corresponded exactly to that of a Swiss youth of the present day.

From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Wallace, Alfred Russel

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

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