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gighouse

gighouse noun: a building for keeping a gig (horse-drawn carriage) when not in use; carriage house.

Noun

gighouse (plural gighouses)

  1. A building for keeping a gig (horse-drawn carriage) when not in use; carriage house.
    • In Reg. v. Coots, 2 Cox C. C. (Eng) 188, two boys were found concealed in a corn bin in an open gighouse, half a mile from the house in which the burglary was committed.1911, The American and English Annotated Cases, page 1287
    • The most significant exception to this is the gighouse added to the west end of the building.2013, John Steane, James Ayres, Traditional Buildings in the Oxford Region, page 298

Forms of gighouse

pluralgighouses
alternative formgig-house
alternative formgig house

Origin of gighouse

From gig + house.

Questions about gighouse

What does gighouse mean?
Gighouse means a building for keeping a gig (horse-drawn carriage) when not in use; carriage house.
What part of speech is gighouse?
Gighouse is a noun.
What is the plural of gighouse?
The plural of gighouse is gighouses.

Words near gighouse in the dictionary

  1. giggots
  2. Giggs
  3. Giggses
  4. Giggsy
  5. Gigha
  6. gighouse
  7. gighouses
  8. Gigi
  9. gigification
  10. gigil
  11. gigils

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