Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In coal-mining, the house or structure in which the head-frame stands, and by which it is protected and shielded from the weather.
- noun In railroading, the end of a terminal station; that part of a terminal station building whieh contains the ticket-offices, waiting-rooms, and concourse, and forms the front or entrance to the train-shed.
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Examples
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The Editor has seen rows of comparatively recent heads in a "head-house" up the Rajang River; the locals admitted that most of them were "orang Japon", taken from the Japanese invaders of the Second World War, but some of them looked new enough to have belonged to the Indonesian tribesmen who at that time (1966) were fighting the British-Malay forces in the Communist rebellion. [p. 104] 14.
Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977
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At the Weehawken shaft the mixer was installed in the framework supporting the head-house and elevators; and storage bins were arranged above, as shown by Fig. 11,
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The Orang-Kaya, or rich man, as this hill chief was styled, had provided lodgings for his visitors in the "head-house."
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The professor's rice was scattered on the floor, and himself was outside the head-house before his comrades knew exactly what was the matter.
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The Orang-Kaya, or rich man, as this hill chief was styled, had provided lodgings for his visitors in the "head-house."
Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago 1859
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He told what he had learned about the Dyaks, and described the long-house they had visited, and the head-house, and gave the story in full of Rajah Brooke, and their visits to his nephew and successor, the present rajah.
Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Oliver Optic 1859
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The professor's rice was scattered on the floor, and himself was outside the head-house before his comrades knew exactly what was the matter.
Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago 1859
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Every Dyak village has its head-house: it is generally the hall of audience as well.
Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840
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As soon as they arrive another war dance is performed; and after making very merry, they deposit the heads which they have obtained in the head-house.
Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840
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The $65 million renovation included new elevators and a new stainless steel and titanium head-house.
Curbed 2008
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