: a long communal dwelling of some North American Indians (such as the Iroquois)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebIn the longhouse and out in the mountains, the food-gathering is accompanied by song. Deepa Bharath, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022 Perched above a creek and surrounded by banana trees and muddy rainforest, the longhouse was home to fifteen people: a leathery matriarch, her two sons (the shamans), each of their wives, their two unmarried sisters, and eight children. Manvir Singh, Wired, 14 July 2022 Jock and others say their operations are approved by the longhouse, a traditional community, political and spiritual institution. Michael Hill, ajc, 25 Mar. 2022 Ports of call are often Indigenous villages such as Kasaan, where guests visit the last Haida longhouse in the United States. Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2022 The family was honored at the tribes’ annual Christmas Celebration on Dec. 24 in the Tribes’ longhouse. Wil Phinney, oregonlive, 7 Jan. 2022 Researchers believe the presence of the large longhouse could indicate how wealthy and important Gjellestad was during the Viking era. David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2021 Every villa features a butler, and the spa is styled after a traditional longhouse designed as a small stilted village at the heart of the resort. Jim Dobson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021 The artifacts were buried in a longhouse by an Iron Age chieftain, revealing that Vindelev was a center of power at the time, the museum added.CNN, 13 Sep. 2021 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1643, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
longhouse
noun
long·house ˈlȯŋ-ˌhau̇s
: a long dwelling especially of the Iroquois for several families