Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A blind constructed of boughs for the concealment of a sportsman from the game.
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Examples
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The days of the bough-house and pigeon-stand strewn with barley seem to have gone by.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various
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Our bough-house was a great protection to them, and it appeared also that these wretches had hunted all the horses away from their feeding ground, and they had not been seen for three days, and not having come up to water all the time we were away.
Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866
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We passed a great portion of to-day (18th) in erecting a fine large bough-house; they are so much cooler than tents.
Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866
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One day, sitting in the shade of our bough-house, we were engaged in cobbling.
Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866
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To do this we were in the bough-house by daylight.
Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 George S. Boutwell 1861
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Now for a quiet smoke on the plank settle in the bough-house, while Joe and Hiram are getting ready to 'sugar off.'
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 Various 1840
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"And after supper, uncle, we had better build a bough-house, for last night the dew fell heavy and cold.
The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West
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