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Pithouse

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Noun
  1. 1
    A primitive building partially dug into the ground and roofed over.
  2. 2
    a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside. wordnet

Etymology

From pit + house.

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