Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A manor-house; the habitation of a landed proprietor.
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Examples
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Dr Russel said the original two-storey timber-frame building was a medieval hall-house that would have been rented out.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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Dr Russel said the original two-storey timber-frame building was a medieval hall-house that would have been rented out.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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Dr Russel said the original two-storey timber-frame building was a medieval hall-house that would have been rented out.
Tree ring find helps re-write Southampton's architectural history 2007
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Dr Russel said the original two-storey timber-frame building was a medieval hall-house that would have been rented out.
Tree ring find helps re-write Southampton's architectural history 2007
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Of the fierce mighty warriors, far rang out the hall-house; 770
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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Captain SENTRY, my master's nephew, has taken possession of the hall-house, and the whole estate.
The Coverley Papers Various
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The ancient mansion of Healey Hall was a cumbrous inconvenient dwelling of timber; but the spirit of improvement having gone forth in the reign of Elizabeth, an ordinary hall-house of stone was erected, about the year 1620, by Oliver Chadwick.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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Captain Sentry, my master's nephew, has taken possession of the hall-house, and the whole estate.
The De Coverley Papers From 'The Spectator' Joseph Addison 1695
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Dr Whitaker says -- "It is the first specimen in the parish of a stone or brick hall-house of the second order -- that is, with a centre and two wings only.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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