Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rustic house or lodge built ornamentally of roots.
- noun A house for storing up or depositing potatoes, turnips, carrots, cabbages, or other roots or tops, for the winter feed of cattle.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word root-house.
Examples
-
She organised picnics — they went to the Spinnie and ate their dinner in the root-house and drank their tea on the top of a wheelbarrow.
-
They are worth one dollar a ton now, and if we can manage to keep them during the winter they will be worth a good deal more; but they are difficult to keep, although we have a good root-house; If the frost happens to get to them they will all spoil; and it is difficult to keep the frost out, going as it does twelve feet into the ground.
A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba Cecil Hall
-
Somewhat aloof was the root-house, half dug in the ground, banked generously with earth round about and overhead.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism William Bennett Munro 1916
-
Another way is to set them upright upon the floor of a damp cellar or root-house, keeping the roots moist and the tops dry.
-
A minute afterwards the two constables held back the crowd from the doorway of the root-house, from the threshold of which a few wooden steps descended to the ground inside.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
-
At that moment little coloured lights suddenly showed in the darkness of the root-house, and there was the tinkling of a bell.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
-
At that moment little coloured lights suddenly showed in the darkness of the root-house, and there was the tinkling of a bell.
Wild Youth, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897
-
It was, however, a big root-house used for storing vegetables in the winter-time.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
-
A minute afterwards the two constables held back the crowd from the doorway of the root-house, from the threshold of which a few wooden steps descended to the ground inside.
Wild Youth, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897
-
It was, however, a big root-house used for storing vegetables in the winter-time.
Wild Youth, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.