Meanings
nounwayhouse (plural wayhouses)
plural wayhouses
- fantasyAn inn for travellers.
If he and the coach left the hotel at the same time, the coach would arrive at the wayhouse at the time he had walked four miles.
1960, Sam Loyd, Mathematical Puzzles, volume 2, page 461 more example
The Harefoot Dig is large as wayhouses go, with stables and carriage sheds, a carvery as well as a common room, a reading room, […]
2008, David M. Cornish, Foundling, page 412
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