lake dwellingn.
/ˈleɪk ˌdwɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈleɪk ˌdwɛlɪŋ/ Originally and chiefly Archaeology or in historical contexts.
A dwelling on or by a lake; spec. a simple wooden house or hut built on piles or stilts driven into the bed or shore of a lake; also called pile dwelling. Also: a settlement composed of such homes.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > prehistoric dwellings
broch1654
crannog1851
pile-building1863
pile-work1863
fascine dwelling1865
lake-habitation1865
palafitte1866
terramare1866
roundhouse1872
mound dwelling1897
wag1911
wheel-dwelling1931
wheelhouse1935
1860 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 587 A few copper objects occur, which would shew that this lake-dwelling of Meilen had perished soon after the introduction of that metal into the country.
1890 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 12 602 This leads me to speak of the lake dwellings of certain tribes who surround or live on the sheet of water known as the Denham waters, lying behind the Dahomean sea-board.
1933 Nottingham Evening Post 13 Oct. 10/2 Apples have been known to man from time immemorial, for charred remains of the fruit have been found in ruins of prehistoric lake dwellings.
2008 D. Shiels in T. Pollard & I. Banks Scorched Earth 219 The map shows English musket-fire being returned by the desperate Irish defenders of the lake dwelling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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