shed room

American  

noun

Chiefly Southern U.S.

1. a storage room.

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Etymology

Origin of shed room

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

When Higginbotham refused to open the door, Roberts broke down an exterior shed room with an ax.

From New York Times

“If you hear something, come to Bellingham’s house in the night, across from where your ship docked this morning. I sleep in the shed room. Tap on the window and I’ll awake.”

From Literature

Betsy committed suicide by hanging herself in the shed room of a house on Commercial Street, tying herself to a rafter by a red bandanna handkerchief.

From Project Gutenberg

In this extremity a kind-looking Irish soldier came to our aid and promised that we should be protected if it "cost him his life," and that he would bring a friend with him, who would spend the night in the shed room, "to be handy, if needed."

From Project Gutenberg

De houses in de quarters was two-room log houses wid a shed room to cook in.

From Project Gutenberg