a business establishment that takes mail orders and sends goods by mail
mail-order house in American English
noun
a retail firm that conducts its business by receiving orders and shipping its merchandise through the mail and that supplies its customers with catalogs, circulars, etc
Word origin
[1905–10, Amer.]
Examples of 'mail-order house' in a sentence
mail-order house
Returning wagons to a mail-order house had been far more difficult.