hall-housen.
Obsolete exc. local.† 1. A house or edifice that is a hall. Obsolete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific shape or style
hall-house1467
longhouse1643
bungalow1676
single housea1684
tower-house1687
villa1755
box1773
cottage orné1774
villarette1792
mews1805
cottage1808
terrace house1817
casita1822
villa dwelling1833
villa residence1833
box-house1846
six-roomer1853
terrace1854
tembe1860
moat house1871
parlour house1871
row house1871
salt-box1876
trullo1898
townhouse1900
colonial1903
semi1912
Cape Cod1916
bungaloid1927
semi-detached1928
ranchette1938
solar house1946
rambler1947
rancher1950
ranch1951
tunnel-back1957
sidesplit1958
two-up-and-two-downer1958
two-up two-down1958
semi-det1960
A-frame1963
townhouse1965
tri-level1965
link house1968
split1970
dormer bungalow1977
1467 Ord. Worcester xli, in Eng. Gilds 393 Citezen or straunger that hyreth eny chambour in that seide halle house [the Guild-hall].
2. The principal living-room in a farm-house.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > living room > in farmhouse
hall-house1564
inseat1811
housea1825
houseplace1894
house-piece1920
1564 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 80 The testament was maid in his haull house, upon a holloday.
1575–6 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 268 The said Thomas was soore sike, lyinge in his hall house.
1599 Acc.-Bk. in Antiquary XXXII. 242 In the hawle house.
3. The farm-house, as distinguished from the cottages on the farm.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmstead > [noun] > farmhouse
grangec1300
farmhouse1533
farm1583
hall-house1603
station house1840
homestead1849
ranch house1859
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) 191 And then was the old tenant at Mydsomer to remove out of the hall house.
4. (Sc. ha' house) A manor-house; = hall n.1 3.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > manor house
hallc1000
boroughc1175
court1297
manorc1300
palacec1300
mansion1375
placea1387
manor-place1392
chemis1408
head-place1463
mansion place1473
manse1490
court-hall1552
manery1563
manor house1575
seat1607
country seat1615
great house1623
mansion house1651
country house1664
manor-seata1667
place-house1675
mansion-seat1697
hall-house1702
big house1753
ha'-house1814
manoir1830
manor hall1840
yashiki1863
seigneury1895
stately home1934
stately2009
1702 London Gaz. No. 3826/4 At Latimers in Bucks..is a fair large Hall-house fit for a Person of Quality.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 517. ¶2 Captain Sentry, my Master's Nephew, has taken Possession of the Hall-House, and the whole Estate.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. x. 130 Saying ‘there were mair fules in the laird's ha' house than Davie Gellatley’. View more context for this quotation
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