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Definition of Coach house
1. Noun. A small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coach House
Literary usage of Coach house
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"CHAPTER XI THE FIGHT IN THE COACH-HOUSE THE curt announcement was followed by a
moment of silent surprise, and then by a general shout of laughter. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... having taken charge for reward of a gentleman's carriage, placed it in a
coach-house, which had just before been built for him by a competent builder, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"ADFH coach house. Same as Carriage House. COATING. According to English usage,
the aggregate of several coats of paint, varnish, or plaster, ..."
4. The Genesee Farmer (1851)
"... portion of a loft which extends over a coach-house and stable?, ... part which
is above the coach-house. It was originally fitted up for a harness room, ..."
5. Traditions of Edinburgh by Robert Chambers (1825)
"Provost Laurie,* who succeeded Lord Kennet in this house, occupied it about forty
years ago. He kept a carriage and had his coach-house in the close. ..."
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