Meanings
nounwellhouse (plural wellhouses)
plural wellhouses · alternative well-house
- A small building that houses a well.
"When did Sir Robert give away his sister's dog?" / "It was just a week ago to-day. The creature was howling outside the old well-house, and Sir Robert was in one of his tantrums that morning.[…]"
1927 March 5, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published June 1927, →OCLC, page 284
Origin
Translations
Hungarian kútház
- kútházsmall building that houses a well
Swedish brunnshus
- brunnshussmall building that houses a well
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