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wayhouse

wayhouse noun: an inn for travellers.

Noun

wayhouse (plural wayhouses)

  1. An inn for travellers.
    • If he and the coach left the hotel at the same time, the coach would arrive at the wayhouse at the time he had walked four miles.1960, Sam Loyd, Mathematical Puzzles, volume 2, page 46
    • The Harefoot Dig is large as wayhouses go, with stables and carriage sheds, a carvery as well as a common room, a reading room, […]2008, David M. Cornish, Foundling, page 412

Forms of wayhouse

pluralwayhouses

Origin of wayhouse

* way + house

Questions about wayhouse

What does wayhouse mean?
Wayhouse means an inn for travellers.
What part of speech is wayhouse?
Wayhouse is a noun.
What is the plural of wayhouse?
The plural of wayhouse is wayhouses.

Words near wayhouse in the dictionary

  1. waygone
  2. Waygood
  3. waygoose
  4. waygooses
  5. WayHaught
  6. wayhouse
  7. wayhouses
  8. waying
  9. waylaid
  10. Wayland
  11. waylandite

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