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Definition of Carriage house
1. Noun. A small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles.
Definition of Carriage house
1. Noun. A building in which a horse and carriage is stored, separate from the house. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carriage House
Literary usage of Carriage house
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855)
"Let us now glance at the stables and the carriage house, and we shall find the
same evidences of pride and luxurious extravagance. ..."
2. The Gentleman's House: Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the by Robert Kerr (1865)
"The depth for a Carriage-house of any pretension is about 18 feet. The height
ought to be ample, 10 feet as the minimum, for the sake of airiness. ..."
3. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1873)
"The carriage-house doors HH, are each 8 feet wide, consisting each of two
four-feet-wide doors. The height, 15 feet, leaves a spacious chamber for hay, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"carriage house. A building, or a part of one, for the shelter of wheeled ...
Sometimes, on a hillside, the carriage house is above and the stable on a lower ..."
5. Rural Architecture: Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages by Lewis Falley Allen (1852)
"The carriage-house is 48x24 feet in size, with a projection of five feet on the
entrance front, ... carriage house ..."
6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"carriage house. The plaintiff, being called as a witness, described the ...
There is also an entrance from this court into the stable and carriage- house, ..."
7. The Country House: A Practical Manual of the Planning and Construction of by Charles Edward Hooper (1906)
"It is a good plan to have entrance doors on opposite sides of the carriage house,
so that the turnout may be left to stand for a short time under cover in ..."
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