picket-house
nounEtymology
From picket + house.
- inherited from husen
- derived from *(s)kews-✻
- inherited from *hūs✻
- inherited from hous
Definitions
A wooden building made by fitting boards across a framework of upright poles, often…
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.
- The Metcalf picket-house and the flag-staff tower became the objects of incessant attack.
- From the nearest French sentry, they learned that Grindley was lying drunk in their picket-house.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA