roadhouse

noun
/ˈɹəʊdˌhaʊs/UK/ˈɹoʊdˌhaʊs/US

Etymology

From road + house.

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-
  3. inherited from *hūsą — “house
  4. inherited from *hūs
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as roadhouse — “road + house

Definitions

  1. An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town…

    An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. In the centuries before motor vehicles, such inns were places for travellers to stop at night during multi-day journeys, besides being public houses for their local countryfolk.

    • Near-synonym: coaching inn (often synonymous, historically)
    • The pub was a classic 1930s 'roadhouse'. To the railway's official mindset, it might as well have been an opium den in Victorian London.
  2. A receiving house.

  3. A truck stop located in a remote area, with basic accommodation facilities.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for roadhouse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA