meat house

American  

noun

Chiefly Midland U.S.

1. a smokehouse.

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Example Sentences

Dey was always a heap o' fresh meat in de meat house.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Mississippi Narratives by Work Projects Administration

Their farm was described in the notice advertising the court sale in 1839 as follows: Brick dwelling house, 8 rooms, brick kitchen, meat house, servant’s house, new barn and stables and other convenient outbuildings.

From Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia by Netherton, Nan

The little square, brick building covered with vines between the house and the stable was the meat house.

From A Portrait of Old George Town by Peter, Grace Dunlop

Palmer, travelling salesman for a Pittsburgh meat house, was on the ill-fated day express, one car of which was washed away.

From The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by Walker, James Herbert

The general at once started in pursuit and encountered the dog on the way from the neighbor's meat house whither the master's suspicions led him.

From The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country by Barry, Joseph