单词 | private house |
释义 | private housen. 1. A house owned by an individual or a private family, or occupied by a person in his or her private capacity, as distinct from a public building, official residence, commercial establishment, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of private individual private house1533 private residence1723 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. 234 Now..everie privat house hath þe awin gutters and sinkes, for avoyding of filthie excrementis, quhar befor they had ane common draucht. 1542 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 410 If [they]..carry anny such wares to pryvat housses shoppis or sellers and not to the costome housse. 1632 Consecr. Chapel Merstham Hatch in J. W. Legg 17th cent. Consecrating Churches (1911) 141 And after the ascention of our Saviour taught us by thy Apostles to distinguish [places] sequestred for religious exercises, from private houses. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1656 (1955) III. 181 In a private House in Fleetestreete Dr. Wild preachd. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iv. i. 126/2 Seven or eight Hundred Students..which do none of them live Collegiately, but board..at Private Houses. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xix. 131 The private houses of Antioch, and the places of public resort. 1795 Times 26 Jan. 3/2 Beds cannot be had at the inns; and even in private houses all the beds that can be spared, are engaged. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. Area sneak, or Area slum, the practice of slipping unperceived down the areas of private houses, and robbing the lower apartments of plate or other articles. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vii. 61 There was another private house besides Miss Tox's in Princess's Place. 1909 Chatterbox 274/1 Riotous men were foraging—that is, plundering from private houses. 1997 Independent 16 Aug. ii. 3/1 He..lives in the largest private house in Manhattan. 2. A small enclosed theatre of the 17th cent. (see quot. 1891). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] > other types of theatre little theatre1569 private house1604 private playhouse1609 amphitheatre1611 private theatre1633 droll-house1705 summer theatre1761 show shop1772 national theatre1816 minor1821 legitimate1826 patent house1827 patent theatre1836 showboat1839 music theatre1849 penny-gaff1856 saloon theatre1864 leg shop1871 people's theatre1873 nickelodeon1888 repertory theatre1891 studio theatre1891 legit1897 blood-tub1906 rep1906 small-timer1910 grind house1923 theatrette1927 indie1928 vaude1933 straw hat1935 theatre-in-the-round1948 straw-hatter1949 bughouse1952 theatre-restaurant1958 dinner theatre1959 theatre club1961 black box1971 pub theatre1971 performance space1972 1604 J. Webster in J. Marston & J. Webster Malcontent (new ed.) Induct. sig. A3 We may sit vpon the stage at the private house. 1619 in Harrison's Descr. of Eng. (1908) IV. 323 The owner of the said Playhouse.., under the name of a private howse hath converted the same to a publique Playhouse. a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Xxx/1 I hope To save my hundred Gentlemen a month by't, Which will be very good for the private house. 1637 J. Shirley (title) The Gamester. As it was presented by her Majesties servants at the private house in Drury-Lane. 1746 T. Smollett Advice 30 (note) This is a riotous assembly of fashionable people, of both sexes, at a private house, consisting of some hundreds; not unaptly stiled a drum, from the noise and emptiness of the entertainment. 1891 R. W. Lowe T. Betterton iii. 60 The Cockpit in Drury Lane..a small theatre, one of those which, before the Civil War, were called ‘Private Houses’. In these the performances took place by candlelight, whereas the larger, or public playhouses, being partly open to the weather, were used only in daylight. 1964 G. E. Bentley Shakespeare & his Theatre iii. 50 In 1608 they took possession of a second theatre, the private house called Blackfriars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1533 |
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