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Definition of Housebreak
1. Verb. Train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house.
Definition of Housebreak
1. Verb. (transitive) To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Housebreak
1. [v -BROKE, -BROKEN, -BREAKING, -BREAKS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Housebreak
Literary usage of Housebreak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1832)
"In the ordinary case, entering by an open window is not housebreak- ing ; to be
so, the window must be in such a situation that it cannot be entered without ..."
2. The History of England by Thomas Keightley (1839)
"... were to be punished with death : such were treason, murder, desertion in war,
housebreak- ing and open robbery. Other offences were punished by fine. ..."
3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley, William Wait, William Blackstone (1875)
"Housebreak- tlie statute law is that of entering a dwelling-house in the night,
ing, &c. with intent to commit any felony thereon, which is constituted я ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"In prosecution against two for housebreak- ing, where one defendant was found
inside of premises and the other was discovered watching outside, ..."