Gighouse
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A building for keeping a gig (horse-drawn carriage) when not in use; carriage house.
"In Reg. v. Coots, 2 Cox C. C. (Eng) 188, two boys were found concealed in a corn bin in an open gighouse, half a mile from the house in which the burglary was committed."
Example
More examples"In Reg. v. Coots, 2 Cox C. C. (Eng) 188, two boys were found concealed in a corn bin in an open gighouse, half a mile from the house in which the burglary was committed."
Etymology
From gig + house.
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