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pole house

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noun

  1. a timber house built on a steep section and supported by heavy debarked logs in long piles

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We live in de quarter bout ½ mile from de white folks house in a one room pole house what was daubed wid dirt.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

A pole house is a log house with the logs set upright.

From Shelters, Shacks and Shanties by Beard, Daniel Carter

We call it a pole house because, usually, the logs are smaller than those used for a log house.

From Shelters, Shacks and Shanties by Beard, Daniel Carter

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