Meanings
nounboathouse (plural boathouses)
plural boathouses
- A building at the edge of a river, lake or other body of water in which boats are kept.
[…] many people living along the harbour front had boathouses and boats of their own, for regattas and water sports were one of Victoria's chief attractions.
1942, Emily Carr, “Regatta”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
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Danish bådehus, bådeskur
- bådehusbuilding for boats
- bådeskurbuilding for boats
- naustbuilding for boats
Esperanto boatejo
- boatejobuilding for boats
Finnish venevaja
- venevajabuilding for boats
German Bootshalle, Bootshaus
- Bootshallebuilding for boats
- Bootshausbuilding for boats
- Bootsschuppenbuilding for boats
Hebrew בֵּית סִירוֹת
- בֵּית סִירוֹת (bet sirót)building for boats
Hungarian csónakház
- csónakházbuilding for boats
Italian rimessa
- rimessabuilding for boats
Māori wharau, wharau waka
- wharaubuilding for boats
- wharau wakabuilding for boats
- wharewakabuilding for boats
Norwegian Bokmål naust, båthus
- naustbuilding for boats
- båthusbuilding for boats
- båtskurbuilding for boats
Swedish båthus
- båthusbuilding for boats
Turkish kayıkhane
- kayıkhanebuilding for boats
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Cite this entry
APA
boathouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boathouse
MLA
“boathouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boathouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boathouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boathouse.
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