death housen.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθ haʊs/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθ ˌhaʊs/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., house n.¹

Etymology: < death n. + house n.¹

1. A house where a person died or is going to die.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun] > place of

deathbedOE

grass-bedOE

fosse?a1425

death house1647

bed of death1734

bed of dust1747

deathplace1790

1647 S. Rutherford Christ Dying 179 You see Christ now in the death-house of Adams sonnes, and wrestling with hell.

1803 W. O. Pughe Geiriadur Cynmraeg a Saesoneg: Welsh & Eng. Dict. II. at Pan, adv. When the law takes an escheat from a death-house,..if there should be any one thing of the value of a pound, it shall belong to the king.

1855 Med. Times & Gaz. 6 Jan. 23/2 Those houses..which the late epidemic had marked out as cholera death-houses.

1920 J. Masefield Enslaved 8 The place was like a death-house save for cawings overhead.

1958 G. Mikes East is East 120 The Death House is a Chinese institution. People are sent there to die because the Chinese regard it as bad luck if people die at home.

2008 R. M. Gordon Poison Murders of Jack the Ripper ii. v. 76 Their mother visited Bessie at the tavern, which would soon become her death house.

2. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). A part of a prison where prisoners sentenced to execution are housed; (also) a building where condemned prisoners are executed. Cf. death row n. at death n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > place of

qualm-stoweOE

heading steadc1480

heading hill1755

death house1837

justice hill1843

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > ward or division of prison

ward1338

death house1837

cell house1855

cellblock1867

1837 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 232/1 The sound of the muffled drums and the dull pealing of the death-house bell proclaim the arrival of my last, last hour.

1897 G. Atherton Patience Sparhawk v. xix. 453 I must stand aside and see you go to a hideous cell in the Death House.

1923 E. Wallace Missing Million xxxviii. 293 He has three murders behind him, and the grey doors of the death-house in front of him.

1960 Guardian 2 May 1/7 There is less than 24 hours to go before Chessman leaves the death house..and goes to his..Maker.

2010 C. Seife Proofiness vii. 208 Prosecutors..continued to use him in the courtroom..to send people to the death house.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	death house
释义	death housen. Brit. /ˈdɛθ haʊs/, U.S. /ˈdɛθ ˌhaʊs/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., house n.¹ Etymology: < death n. + house n.¹ 1. A house where a person died or is going to die. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > place of deathbedOE grass-bedOE fosse?a1425 death house1647 bed of death1734 bed of dust1747 deathplace1790 1647 S. Rutherford Christ Dying 179 You see Christ now in the death-house of Adams sonnes, and wrestling with hell. 1803 W. O. Pughe Geiriadur Cynmraeg a Saesoneg: Welsh & Eng. Dict. II. at Pan, adv. When the law takes an escheat from a death-house,..if there should be any one thing of the value of a pound, it shall belong to the king. 1855 Med. Times & Gaz. 6 Jan. 23/2 Those houses..which the late epidemic had marked out as cholera death-houses. 1920 J. Masefield Enslaved 8 The place was like a death-house save for cawings overhead. 1958 G. Mikes East is East 120 The Death House is a Chinese institution. People are sent there to die because the Chinese regard it as bad luck if people die at home. 2008 R. M. Gordon Poison Murders of Jack the Ripper ii. v. 76 Their mother visited Bessie at the tavern, which would soon become her death house. 2. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). A part of a prison where prisoners sentenced to execution are housed; (also) a building where condemned prisoners are executed. Cf. death row n. at death n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > place of qualm-stoweOE heading steadc1480 heading hill1755 death house1837 justice hill1843 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > ward or division of prison ward1338 death house1837 cell house1855 cellblock1867 1837 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 232/1 The sound of the muffled drums and the dull pealing of the death-house bell proclaim the arrival of my last, last hour. 1897 G. Atherton Patience Sparhawk v. xix. 453 I must stand aside and see you go to a hideous cell in the Death House. 1923 E. Wallace Missing Million xxxviii. 293 He has three murders behind him, and the grey doors of the death-house in front of him. 1960 Guardian 2 May 1/7 There is less than 24 hours to go before Chessman leaves the death house..and goes to his..Maker. 2010 C. Seife Proofiness vii. 208 Prosecutors..continued to use him in the courtroom..to send people to the death house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1647
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