skin housen.

Brit.

/ˈskɪn haʊs/, U.S.

/ˈskɪn ˌhaʊs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: skin n., house n.¹; skin v., house n.¹

Etymology: Partly < skin n. + house n.¹, and partly (in sense 2a) < skin v. (compare skin v. 4) + house n.¹

1. North American.

a. A building used for storing animal skins and furs. In later use chiefly historical.

ΚΠ

c1789 W. Bartram Observ. on Creek & Cherokee Indians in G. A. Waselkov & K. E. H. Braund W. Bartram on Southeast. Indians (1995) 156 The two wings were..one, a Cook House, & the other Skin Houses, or Ware Houses.

1851 A. J. Pickett Hist. Alabama II. xxi. 97 He had extensive ‘skin-houses’, where his valuable skins and rich furs were assorted, and packed up, for foreign markets.

1917 R. S. Cotterill Hist. Pioneer Kentucky 55 Here they erected a ‘skin house’ on Caney Creek and speedily set about filling it.

2003 R. Ethridge Creek Country x. 203 When some Coweta and Cusseta men stole furs out of the ‘skin house’ at the Creek Factory, the headmen of the towns agreed that the factor could deduct the value of the skins..from the stipend.

b. A house or tent made of animal hide covering a framework; esp. a tepee used by North American Indians; = skin lodge n. at skin n. Compounds 5. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > other types of tent

tenticle1548

pal1656

marquee1690

gourbi1738

marquise1749

yurt1780

bell-tent1785

kibitka1799

shuldari1808

fly-tent1816

Swiss cottage1820

skin house1826

big tent1843

ridge tent1846

brush tent1862

dog tent1862

shelter tent1862

wall-tent1862

wedge tent1862

pup tent1863

A tent1863

tupik1864

tentlet1879

choom1889

pyramid1889

tortoise tent1890

safari tent1926

tent-sack1940

tent-trailer1963

tepee1970

trailer tent1971

Whillans box1971

1826 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 53 Roaming, with..their mat or skin houses, during the winter,..in pursuit of the animals necessary for food and clothing.

1900 T. Adney Klondike Stampede xxii. 453 (caption) Interior of an Indian skin-house.

1959 J. Back Horses, Hitches & Rocky Trails 27 The Indians didn't yet know of gunpowder and had no knowledge of the horse. If they'd had both those things, the Spaniard might have been suddenly homesick, and Americans might still be living in skin houses and have plenty buffalo.

2001 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 July a1 Nakashuk..is a member of the first generation of Inuit to be born not on the land but in a community. She is sitting in a skin house that is on display in the museum.

2. slang (originally U.S.).

a. A corrupt or illicit gambling establishment, a gambling den. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > places for gambling

dicing-house1549

carding house1550

gaming house1562

dicing-chamber1571

tabling house1576

game house?1577

macaroni1771

gambling house1772

gambling school1773

gambling club1774

spill-house1778

gambling hall?1781

gambling den1792

gambling booth1804

hell1812

gambling hell1818

Crockford1827

silver hell1835

deadfall1837

casino1851

house1855

tripot1864

skin house1871

bucket-shop1875

gambling joint1885

salle1886

tabling den1886

spoofery1895

salle de jeu1901

strong joint1914

kitchen1924

salle privée1930

spieler1931

1871 Galaxy (N.Y.) 12 61 A ‘skin’ house, as the dens where cheating games are played are called.

1960 H. Chafetz Play Devil iii. v. 218 The '60s were a decade of skin houses and brace games.

1991 L. Sante Low Life ii. iv. 159 The players, employees of the skin house at which the game was played, could then clean him out on the final turn.

b. An establishment providing pornographic entertainment; spec. a cinema showing pornographic films.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > a cinema > [noun] > types of

nickelodeon1888

home theatre1914

screening room1918

art house1925

indie1928

drive-in1931

ozoner1948

bughouse1952

hardtop1955

cinematheque1965

multi1970

skin house1970

stroke house1971

multiscreen1974

1970 Harper's Mag. July 34 The skin houses were mostly playing short subjects—a girl taking a bath in a sylvan stream, a volleyball game in a nudist camp.

1972 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) i. 29 Some gunsel I'd heard was hanging out in the skin houses and taxi-dance joints.

2007 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. (Nexis) 5 Aug. d7 It was the film festival..that helped transition the theater from skin house to art house.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skin house
释义	skin housen. Brit. /ˈskɪn haʊs/, U.S. /ˈskɪn ˌhaʊs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: skin n., house n.¹; skin v., house n.¹ Etymology: Partly < skin n. + house n.¹, and partly (in sense 2a) < skin v. (compare skin v. 4) + house n.¹ 1. North American. a. A building used for storing animal skins and furs. In later use chiefly historical. ΚΠ c1789 W. Bartram Observ. on Creek & Cherokee Indians in G. A. Waselkov & K. E. H. Braund W. Bartram on Southeast. Indians (1995) 156 The two wings were..one, a Cook House, & the other Skin Houses, or Ware Houses. 1851 A. J. Pickett Hist. Alabama II. xxi. 97 He had extensive ‘skin-houses’, where his valuable skins and rich furs were assorted, and packed up, for foreign markets. 1917 R. S. Cotterill Hist. Pioneer Kentucky 55 Here they erected a ‘skin house’ on Caney Creek and speedily set about filling it. 2003 R. Ethridge Creek Country x. 203 When some Coweta and Cusseta men stole furs out of the ‘skin house’ at the Creek Factory, the headmen of the towns agreed that the factor could deduct the value of the skins..from the stipend. b. A house or tent made of animal hide covering a framework; esp. a tepee used by North American Indians; = skin lodge n. at skin n. Compounds 5. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > other types of tent tenticle1548 pal1656 marquee1690 gourbi1738 marquise1749 yurt1780 bell-tent1785 kibitka1799 shuldari1808 fly-tent1816 Swiss cottage1820 skin house1826 big tent1843 ridge tent1846 brush tent1862 dog tent1862 shelter tent1862 wall-tent1862 wedge tent1862 pup tent1863 A tent1863 tupik1864 tentlet1879 choom1889 pyramid1889 tortoise tent1890 safari tent1926 tent-sack1940 tent-trailer1963 tepee1970 trailer tent1971 Whillans box1971 1826 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 53 Roaming, with..their mat or skin houses, during the winter,..in pursuit of the animals necessary for food and clothing. 1900 T. Adney Klondike Stampede xxii. 453 (caption) Interior of an Indian skin-house. 1959 J. Back Horses, Hitches & Rocky Trails 27 The Indians didn't yet know of gunpowder and had no knowledge of the horse. If they'd had both those things, the Spaniard might have been suddenly homesick, and Americans might still be living in skin houses and have plenty buffalo. 2001 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 July a1 Nakashuk..is a member of the first generation of Inuit to be born not on the land but in a community. She is sitting in a skin house that is on display in the museum. 2. slang (originally U.S.). a. A corrupt or illicit gambling establishment, a gambling den. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > places for gambling dicing-house1549 carding house1550 gaming house1562 dicing-chamber1571 tabling house1576 game house?1577 macaroni1771 gambling house1772 gambling school1773 gambling club1774 spill-house1778 gambling hall?1781 gambling den1792 gambling booth1804 hell1812 gambling hell1818 Crockford1827 silver hell1835 deadfall1837 casino1851 house1855 tripot1864 skin house1871 bucket-shop1875 gambling joint1885 salle1886 tabling den1886 spoofery1895 salle de jeu1901 strong joint1914 kitchen1924 salle privée1930 spieler1931 1871 Galaxy (N.Y.) 12 61 A ‘skin’ house, as the dens where cheating games are played are called. 1960 H. Chafetz Play Devil iii. v. 218 The '60s were a decade of skin houses and brace games. 1991 L. Sante Low Life ii. iv. 159 The players, employees of the skin house at which the game was played, could then clean him out on the final turn. b. An establishment providing pornographic entertainment; spec. a cinema showing pornographic films. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > a cinema > [noun] > types of nickelodeon1888 home theatre1914 screening room1918 art house1925 indie1928 drive-in1931 ozoner1948 bughouse1952 hardtop1955 cinematheque1965 multi1970 skin house1970 stroke house1971 multiscreen1974 1970 Harper's Mag. July 34 The skin houses were mostly playing short subjects—a girl taking a bath in a sylvan stream, a volleyball game in a nudist camp. 1972 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) i. 29 Some gunsel I'd heard was hanging out in the skin houses and taxi-dance joints. 2007 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. (Nexis) 5 Aug. d7 It was the film festival..that helped transition the theater from skin house to art house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1789
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