withindoors

American  

[with-in-dawrz, -dohrz, with-] / wɪðˈɪnˌdɔrz, -ˌdoʊrz, wɪθ- /

adverb

1. into or inside the house.

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withindoors British  

/ ˈwɪðɪnˈdɔːz /

adverb

1. an obsolete word for indoors

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Etymology

Origin of withindoors

First recorded in 1575–85; within + door + -s ¹

Example Sentences

She had her own reasons for keeping withindoors in the daytime.

From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Day, Holman

"No," said the old man, and bore it himself withindoors.

From Foes by Johnston, Mary

"If I could only have got near the poor boy," said Sewell to his wife, as they returned withindoors.

From The Minister's Charge by Howells, William Dean

To tell the truth, Antoinette Frothingham had got so desperately bored withindoors that if Amory had worn a black mask or a cloak of flame she would have welcomed either.

From Romance Island by Gale, Zona

These are indeed the barn; withindoors house The shocks.

From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Bridges, Robert Seymour