picket-house

English

noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Compound from English picket + English house (a house, company).

Origin

English

house

Gloss

a house, company

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