woodhouse

American  

[wood-hous] / ˈwʊdˌhaʊs /

noun

plural

woodhouses

1. a house or shed in which wood is stored.

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Etymology

Origin of woodhouse

Middle English word dating back to 1225–75; see origin at wood ¹, house

Example Sentences

I took the wooden shovel that I had carved from the board and dug around what I thought must have been the back door or possibly the woodhouse.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Jed and I brought the trap from the woodhouse chamber.

From Lost in the Ca?on by Calhoun, Alfred R.

"I didn't exactly capture him," replied the blushing lad; "but I shut the door of the woodhouse, and he stayed there till the owners came and took him away."

From Brave Tom The Battle That Won by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

FARMHOUSES.The first, by far the most picturesque type, is fast becoming obsolete, and on most of the good farms, if not pulled down, is degraded into woodhouse or piggery.

From Two Years in Oregon by Nash, Wallis

The trees are 'blazed' in the autumn just before the fall of the leaf, felled later, cut into four-foot lengths, and, as soon as the friendly snow makes sledging possible, drawn down to the woodhouse.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard