woodhouse

American  

[wood-hous] / ˈwʊdˌhaʊs /

noun

• woodhouses
  plural

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• woodhouses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of woodhouse

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

woodhouse woodhouses

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

The best way will be to dig a hole, and set it down so far that it cannot be pulled over without considerable labor," Hardy suggested, and Jim added: "There's a spade in the woodhouse.

From Under the Liberty Tree A Story of The 'Boston Massacre' by James Otis

I fancy they mean to thrash their corn in the woodhouse, at least there they are depositing the sheaves.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 399, Supplementary Number by Various

The itemized amount is, horse barn, $2000, forage barn, $3400, granary, $2200, woodhouse, $400, power-house, $550.

From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by John Williams Streeter

But while they talked a great scuffling and squawking in the woodhouse attracted the boys upstairs.

From Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know by Asa Don Dickinson

"Who is this Jerry who coils in woodhouses?" said Halbert.

From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Henry Kingsley

Well de first year I slept in folkses woodhouses an' barns an' in de woods or any whar else I could find.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various