root housen.

Brit.

/ˈruːt haʊs/, U.S.

/ˈrut ˌhaʊs/,

/ˈrʊt ˌhaʊs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: root n.¹, house n.¹

Etymology: < root n.¹ + house n.¹

1. An ornamental building made principally of tree roots, esp. in a garden.

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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > summer-house

summer house1519

garden house1535

cabinet1579

summer hall1583

kiosk1625

summer room1625

sunny chamber1641

shadow-house1649

alcove1663

root house1755

moss-house?1793

rose temple1848

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > outhouse(s) > [noun] > building or house in garden

summer house1519

garden house1535

kiosk1625

summer room1625

sunny chamber1641

shadow-house1649

garden apartment1751

root house1755

1755 Coll. Poems IV. 351 (heading) On a Root-House.

1765 R. Dodsley Leasowes in W. Shenstone Wks. (1777) II. 289 Winding forward down the valley, you pass beside a small root-house, where on a tablet are these lines.

1802 E. Parsons Myst. Visit II. 243 Behind it was a root house, where the fire~wood was kept.

1832 M. R. Mitford Our Village V. 146 They..had adjourned to the root-house, a pretty rustic building at the end of the garden.

1860 Harper's Mag. Dec. 92/2 Entering the wood-path, he followed it until he reached a small root-house, which he and Harry Osborn had built in their days of boyhood.

1934 PMLA 49 573 Shaded walks, streams, grottoes, root-houses, and vistas are common to the two estates.

1998 Grimsby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 1 Oct. 25 The walk passed..a late 18th century root house complete with rustic tables and chairs.

2. Originally and chiefly North American. A house or barn for storing root vegetables.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > store for roots

root house1790

potato pie1807

yam house1910

1790 Pennsylvanian Packet 30 Mar. 4/2 On the premises are..two arched stone root-houses.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 60 Root-Houses. Where a number of cows..are fed on winter roots and vegetables,..it is highly necessary to have houses of this sort.

1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 115/1 Where hay is scarce, carrots form a very economical substitute; they must be kept in dry root-houses or in trenches.

1893 Harper's Mag. Nov. 945/1 A turkey which had been sitting in the root-house appeared with twelve children.

1905 McClure's Mag. Mar. 498/2 By eleven o'clock the honey was strained and sealed securely. Molly carried the heavy jars one by one to the capacious root-house.

1961 W. O. Mitchell Jake & Kid 28 ‘Bin a real fine summer fer vegetables,’ he said then. ‘Too bad yer ma don't have no root house.’

1991 D. McBain Art Roebuck 9 Athanase St-Cyr had dwelt by the river in a scoop-roofed shanty until the day some damp turnips ignited in the roothouse through spontaneous combustion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	root house
释义	root housen. Brit. /ˈruːt haʊs/, U.S. /ˈrut ˌhaʊs/, /ˈrʊt ˌhaʊs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: root n.¹, house n.¹ Etymology: < root n.¹ + house n.¹ 1. An ornamental building made principally of tree roots, esp. in a garden. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > summer-house summer house1519 garden house1535 cabinet1579 summer hall1583 kiosk1625 summer room1625 sunny chamber1641 shadow-house1649 alcove1663 root house1755 moss-house?1793 rose temple1848 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > outhouse(s) > [noun] > building or house in garden summer house1519 garden house1535 kiosk1625 summer room1625 sunny chamber1641 shadow-house1649 garden apartment1751 root house1755 1755 Coll. Poems IV. 351 (heading) On a Root-House. 1765 R. Dodsley Leasowes in W. Shenstone Wks. (1777) II. 289 Winding forward down the valley, you pass beside a small root-house, where on a tablet are these lines. 1802 E. Parsons Myst. Visit II. 243 Behind it was a root house, where the fire~wood was kept. 1832 M. R. Mitford Our Village V. 146 They..had adjourned to the root-house, a pretty rustic building at the end of the garden. 1860 Harper's Mag. Dec. 92/2 Entering the wood-path, he followed it until he reached a small root-house, which he and Harry Osborn had built in their days of boyhood. 1934 PMLA 49 573 Shaded walks, streams, grottoes, root-houses, and vistas are common to the two estates. 1998 Grimsby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 1 Oct. 25 The walk passed..a late 18th century root house complete with rustic tables and chairs. 2. Originally and chiefly North American. A house or barn for storing root vegetables. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > store for roots root house1790 potato pie1807 yam house1910 1790 Pennsylvanian Packet 30 Mar. 4/2 On the premises are..two arched stone root-houses. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 60 Root-Houses. Where a number of cows..are fed on winter roots and vegetables,..it is highly necessary to have houses of this sort. 1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 115/1 Where hay is scarce, carrots form a very economical substitute; they must be kept in dry root-houses or in trenches. 1893 Harper's Mag. Nov. 945/1 A turkey which had been sitting in the root-house appeared with twelve children. 1905 McClure's Mag. Mar. 498/2 By eleven o'clock the honey was strained and sealed securely. Molly carried the heavy jars one by one to the capacious root-house. 1961 W. O. Mitchell Jake & Kid 28 ‘Bin a real fine summer fer vegetables,’ he said then. ‘Too bad yer ma don't have no root house.’ 1991 D. McBain Art Roebuck 9 Athanase St-Cyr had dwelt by the river in a scoop-roofed shanty until the day some damp turnips ignited in the roothouse through spontaneous combustion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1755
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