mobile homen.
/ˌməʊbʌɪl ˈhəʊm/, U.S. /ˌmoʊb(ə)l ˈhoʊm/ A large caravan or prefabricated transportable structure that is parked in a particular place and used as permanent living accommodation.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > caravan
cart-house1603
caravan1805
house wagon1833
wagon1851
house trailer1885
caboose1912
mobile home1934
travel trailer1936
trailer home1940
static caravan1947
Dormobile1952
caravette1953
trailer house1954
motor home1961
double-wide1966
static1980
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other vehicles according to specific use > [noun] > vehicle used as living accommodation
van1829
house wagon1833
living wagon1851
wagon1851
motor-van1898
motor caravan1909
van1922
trailer caravan1930
trailer1931
caravanette1934
mobile home1934
travel trailer1936
trailer home1940
static caravan1947
recreational vehicle1949
van1952
trailer house1954
caravette1958
camper1960
pickup camper1960
motor home1961
caravan1962
cab-over1964
RV1967
manufactured home1976
micro-mini1989
1919 Pop. Mech. Sept. 340/2 The comfortable house built on a truck chassis by a nomadic eastern man... When the porch is let down and supported on a level by attached legs, the mobile home has a length of nearly 26 ft.]
1934 Pop. Sci. July 23 (caption) Corwin Willson, a housing specialist, with a mobile home. Illustrations above give details of the house and show how it can be moved and put together by the owner
1940 H. G. Wells New World Order 180 In such large open countries as the United States there has been a considerable development of the mobile home in recent years. People haul a trailer-home behind their cars and become seasonal nomads.
1954 N.Y. Herald Tribune Bk. Rev. 13 June 12 Books pertaining to trailer houses—or mobile homes—published within the last five years.
1954 Mobile Home Man. iii. 59 If you are going to use mobile home parks for your parking facilities, try to make reservations in advance.
1970 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 June 1/1 A plush, precisely planned, meticulously landscaped mobile-home retirement community valued at about $3.7 million.
1991 Economist 5 Oct. 82/1 Mobile homes are towed into place to be hooked up to water and power grids already laid down under some previous master plan.
1993 Mother Jones Jan. 65/1 Mobile-home parks in a lot of these states are cash cows for absentee owners.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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