springhouse

[ spring-hous ]

noun

, plural spring·hous·es [spring, -hou-ziz].

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.

springhouse

/ ˈsprɪŋˌhaʊs /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of springhouse¹

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

Example Sentences

And that cave was the one whar my Mammy kept her milk and butter--the springhouse whar they put you in prison.

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She went her ways, saw to the garden and made the butter in the cool springhouse, and sat in the window seat in the twilights.

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Night was coming fast across Lost Valley, while the tree-toads out by the springhouse set up their nightly chorus.

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One of the children brought it from the springhouse, and the young adventurers drank freely and with a good relish.

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A springhouse (L) stands at the entrance to the ear-shaped site.

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