单词 | bridge house |
释义 | bridge housen. Now chiefly historical. A house or tower at the entrance to a bridge, used esp. for maintenance, collection of tolls, traffic control, etc.; spec. such a house, together with its officers and revenues, connected with the care and upkeep of London Bridge. 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 1319 in E. Ekwall Two Early London Subsidy Rolls (1951) 284 (MED) De Roberto atte Briggehou [s] . 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 409 [Thai] pressit thame full fast to tow Hir by the brighous to the wall. a1500 ( in J. S. Brewer Monumenta Franciscana (1858) 526 (MED) Masters of the brygge howse of London. 1680 Lex Londinensis 122 Clerk of the Bridge-house. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 375 Estates settled on the city or bridge-house. 1851 Knight's Cycl. London 498 After a time it was determined that each of the twelve great Companies should buy their own corn, and store it up at the Bridgehouse, there to be sold from time to time. 2018 Australian (Nexis) 22 Sept. (Travel) 14 28 traditional bridge houses, including a 17th-century bridge-keeper's quarters, each transformed into a standalone hotel suite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1319 |
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