picket-house
picket-house noun: a wooden building made by fitting boards across a framework of upright poles, often constructed as part of an outpost or as the first shelter in a new homestead.
Noun
picket-house (plural picket-houses)
- A wooden building made by fitting boards across a framework of upright poles, often constructed as part of an outpost or as the first shelter in a new homestead.
- Ever since the month of February 1810 (exactly one year), we had been constantly so near the enemy at the advanced posts, sleeping in our clothes, in bivouac, or in some hovel of a picket-house, rolled up in our cloaks on the ground, that I felt quite like a fish out of water, and was not...2010, Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Leach C.B., Rough Sketches Of Life Of An Old Soldier
- The Metcalf picket-house and the flag-staff tower became the objects of incessant attack.2014, David Hume, T. Smollett, Edward Farr, E. H. Nolan, The History of England
Forms of picket-house
| plural | picket-houses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | picket house |
| alternative form | pickethouse |
Origin of picket-house
From picket + house.
Questions about picket-house
- What does picket-house mean?
- Picket-house means a wooden building made by fitting boards across a framework of upright poles, often constructed as part of an outpost or as the first shelter in a new homestead.
- What part of speech is picket-house?
- Picket-house is a noun.
- What is the plural of picket-house?
- The plural of picket-house is picket-houses.
Words near picket-house in the dictionary
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