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Limehouse

name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A district in eastern London, now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets (OS grid ref TQ3681).
Noun
  1. 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. 1
    To make a fiery political speech. British, dated

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

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 3

From lime + house.

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