springhouse

American  

[spring-hous] / ˈsprɪŋˌhaʊs /

noun

• springhouses
  plural

1. a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.

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springhouse British  

/ ˈsprɪŋˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a storehouse built over a spring for keeping dairy products and meat cool and fresh

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• springhouses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of springhouse

An Americanism dating back to 1745–55; spring + house

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

springhouse springhouses

The Springland springhouse is in a side yard, amid the hostas.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2018

It’s the springhouse that served Adlum’s vineyard, which once ranged over the rolling landscape here.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2018

“A springhouse is essentially just walls with a roof built over the source of water,” Williams said.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2018

Also on the property is an old store now used as a workshop, as well as a smokehouse, a stone springhouse and a three-car garage.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2016

It was a springhouse, just the kind you read about pioneers having before there were such things as iceboxes or refrigerators.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

For her book she sought out the history of the structures that rural living required — springhouses, smokehouses, icehouses, corn cribs, barns, etc. — and harvested those that remain.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2018