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watering house

watering house noun: a building where the horses that drew cabs were provided with water to drink.

Noun

watering house (plural watering houses)

  1. (historical) A building where the horses that drew cabs were provided with water to drink.

Forms of watering house

pluralwatering houses

Questions about watering house

What does watering house mean?
Watering house means a building where the horses that drew cabs were provided with water to drink.
What part of speech is watering house?
Watering house is a noun.
What is the plural of watering house?
The plural of watering house is watering houses.

Words near watering house in the dictionary

  1. watering down
  2. watering hole
  3. watering hole attack
  4. watering hole attacks
  5. watering holes
  6. watering house
  7. watering houses
  8. watering place
  9. watering places
  10. watering pot
  11. watering pots

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