plank house

noun

A house build from wooden planks.

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Meanings

nounplank house (plural plank houses)

plural plank houses

  1. A house build from wooden planks.

    A little before noon we reached the small plateau of Tjiburong, at the foot of the steeper part of the mountain, where there is a plank-house for the accommodation of travellers. Close by is a picturesque waterfall and a curious cavern, which I had not time to explore.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 180
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Chicago

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