out-dwellingn.
/ˈaʊtˌdwɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌdwɛlɪŋ/ rare.
A dwelling situated on the outskirts of a town, etc.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > dwelling outside a place
out-lodginga1639
out-dwelling1677
1677 W. Hubbard Present State New-Eng. 44 Doing some small mischief upon some out-dwellings of Springfield.
1851 H. A. Garland Life of John Randolph of Roanoke 1 Here and there a solitary out-dwelling, which escaped the conflagration.
1963 J. Killinger Failure Theology in Mod. Lit. ix. 222 Christianity had no cathedrals for three hundred years after Christ. It existed in homes and shops and outdwellings and even in caves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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