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packhouse|ˈpækhaʊs| [f. pack n.1 + house n.; = Du. pakhuis (Kilian packhuys), Ger. packhaus; obs. F. pacqhuus.] A building in which packs or bundles of goods are stored; a warehouse.
1601J. Wheeler Treat. Comm. 16 [They] did let out the best of their houses to..strangers for chambers, and pack⁓houses. 1773Ann. Reg. 65 Several hundred persons..at Dundee..carried off 400 sacks of wheat and barley, from the packhouse. 1893Daily News 4 May 5/4 The..company's packhouses are just now overstocked with Russian cotton. |