Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word countryhouse.

Examples

  • The floor plan is based on the needs of a traditional countryhouse.

    The Tsai Residence by HHF Architects & Ai Weiwei 2008

  • House Tsai is a countryhouse designed for two young art collectors.

    The Tsai Residence by HHF Architects & Ai Weiwei 2008

  • Momakeeah is a countryhouse belonging to the Bey, to whom, also, belongs a great portion of the land around.

    Travels in Morocco 2003

  • Wales set the fashion by receiving in her boudoir at some countryhouse in a very becoming "tea gown," which every lady knows to be the most luxurious change from the tight riding-habit or carriage-dress.

    Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

  • In an opulent countryhouse, if the day is fine, little tables are set out on the lawn, the ladies seat themselves around, and the gentlemen carry the refreshments to them; or the piazzas are beautifully decorated with autumn boughs and ferns, flowers, evergreens, and the refreshments are served there.

    Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

  • Grey [Footnote: Viscount Grey of Fallodon.] when he asked her the same question, walking in the garden at Fallodon on the occasion of her first countryhouse visit:

    Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One Margot Asquith 1904

  • I went to meet her, and brought her to my countryhouse, in such a way that she was not seen or known of anybody.

    Autobiography of Madame Guyon Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte, 1648-1717 1880

  • Choose your residence from among them, and leave me in peaceable possession of the one modest countryhouse I have inherited in my native land.

    Ishmael In the Depths Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859

  • The new Discworld novel from the master sees Sam Vimes investigating a countryhouse murder, and is Terry Pratchett's fiftieth book.

    unknown title 2011

  • The new Discworld novel from the master sees Sam Vimes investigating a countryhouse murder, and is Terry Pratchett's fiftieth book.

    unknown title 2011

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.