English Explanatory Dictionary

picket-house

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

picket-house picket-houses picket house pickethouse

Etymology

From picket + house.

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