Limehouse
name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An oast house that uses a limekiln.
"In a number of parishes tithe was due on mills, and, at Fowey, on limehouses, but only for coppice wood."
Verb
- 1 To make a fiery political speech. British, dated
Proper Noun
- 1 A district in eastern London, now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets (OS grid ref TQ3681).
Example
More examples"In a number of parishes tithe was due on mills, and, at Fowey, on limehouses, but only for coppice wood."
Etymology
Etymology 1
The place name is a reference to local lime oasts. The earliest reference is to Les Lymhostes, in 1356. The verb is a reference to a speech made there by the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George in 1909.
Etymology 2
From lime + house.
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