searching housen.

Brit.

/ˈsəːtʃɪŋ haʊs/, U.S.

/ˈsərtʃɪŋ ˌhaʊs/

Forms: see searching n. and house n.¹

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

Etymology: < searching n. + house n.¹

Now historical.

1. A building in which the work of guildsmen was inspected, as a means of maintaining quality.In quots. specifically with reference to the building used for this purpose in Coventry.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > other types of building

bridge house1319

searching housea1525

folly1591

engine house1626

hut1629

pot gallery1630

pantheon1713

government office1750

enclosure1754

substation1833

art centre1863

centre1884

arts centre1922

quadplex1946

quadruplex1946

bhavan1949

low-rise1965

quad1971

quadrominium1971

see-through1975

common house1989

a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1909) III. 659 Provided alwey that no officer, Constable nor other arest no cloth borne toward the serchyng house nor from the serchyng howse to the owners house.

1939 Austin's Monthly Mag. Mar. 1/2 The Drapers' Hall, built 1829, stands on the site of two previous Wool Halls, and no doubt the ‘Searching house’ stood there from a very early period.

2. A building or office in which searches of people, baggage, etc., are conducted, esp. (a) one at a custom house where baggage or cargo is inspected for dutiable goods; (b) one at a diamond mine for the purpose of preventing thefts by employees.

ΚΠ

1817 Edinb. Monthly Mag. July 376/2 Near the searching-house, I met a British looking man, who asked me in English if I came from the Paris hotel at Dover.

1886 Albury Banner & Wodonga Express (Austral.) 2 Apr. 9/3 One of the surveillance officers of the Central Mining Company in the Kimberley mine found the stone, and, being exempt from search, carried it through the searching-house unperceived.

1902 Jrnl. Manch. Geogr. Soc. 18 6 They stopped her, took her into the searching house, and had her examined by female searchers, to the innermost garment.

2018 K. Hofmeester in K. Hofmeester & P. De Zwart Colonialism, Institutional Change & Shifts in Global Labour Relations iii. 96 Although very few diamonds were found in these searching houses, the process did function as [a] form of labour control.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	searching house
释义	searching housen. Brit. /ˈsəːtʃɪŋ haʊs/, U.S. /ˈsərtʃɪŋ ˌhaʊs/ Forms: see searching n. and house n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: searching n., house n.¹ Etymology: < searching n. + house n.¹ Now historical. 1. A building in which the work of guildsmen was inspected, as a means of maintaining quality.In quots. specifically with reference to the building used for this purpose in Coventry. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > other types of building bridge house1319 searching housea1525 folly1591 engine house1626 hut1629 pot gallery1630 pantheon1713 government office1750 enclosure1754 substation1833 art centre1863 centre1884 arts centre1922 quadplex1946 quadruplex1946 bhavan1949 low-rise1965 quad1971 quadrominium1971 see-through1975 common house1989 a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1909) III. 659 Provided alwey that no officer, Constable nor other arest no cloth borne toward the serchyng house nor from the serchyng howse to the owners house. 1939 Austin's Monthly Mag. Mar. 1/2 The Drapers' Hall, built 1829, stands on the site of two previous Wool Halls, and no doubt the ‘Searching house’ stood there from a very early period. 2. A building or office in which searches of people, baggage, etc., are conducted, esp. (a) one at a custom house where baggage or cargo is inspected for dutiable goods; (b) one at a diamond mine for the purpose of preventing thefts by employees. ΚΠ 1817 Edinb. Monthly Mag. July 376/2 Near the searching-house, I met a British looking man, who asked me in English if I came from the Paris hotel at Dover. 1886 Albury Banner & Wodonga Express (Austral.) 2 Apr. 9/3 One of the surveillance officers of the Central Mining Company in the Kimberley mine found the stone, and, being exempt from search, carried it through the searching-house unperceived. 1902 Jrnl. Manch. Geogr. Soc. 18 6 They stopped her, took her into the searching house, and had her examined by female searchers, to the innermost garment. 2018 K. Hofmeester in K. Hofmeester & P. De Zwart Colonialism, Institutional Change & Shifts in Global Labour Relations iii. 96 Although very few diamonds were found in these searching houses, the process did function as [a] form of labour control. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1525
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