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ˈgoose-house
1. A small house or shed in which geese are shut up for the night.
1474–5Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) I. 95 Pro le flaggynge de le goyshous. 1516–17Ibid. 106 Laboranti ad le Gowsehouse. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 77 They must be put into the Goose-house, and kept asunder with hurdles. 1832Miss Mitford Village Ser. v. 154 Pigsties, goose-houses, and hen-houses out of number.
2. A village lock-up.
1841P. Parley's Ann. II. 241 Several others were..dragged off to what in the country is called, the goose-house—that is, the cage. 1847–89in Halliwell. |