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long_house

long house

See also: longhouse and long-house

English

Noun

long house (plural long houses)

  1. Alternative form of longhouse.
    • 1751, C. Gist, Journals, p. 51:
      They marched in under French Colours and were conducted into the Long House.
    • 1753, George Washington, Diary, Vol. I, p. 50:
      We met in Council at the Long House.
    • 1826, James Finnimore Cooper, Last of Mohicans, Vol. I, Preface, p. vi:
      ... where the ‘long house’, or Great Council Fire, of the nation was universally admitted to be established.
    • 1894 May 1, Sarawak Gazette, p. 67:
      The practice of herding together in ‘long houses’ prevents mental and moral improvement and hinders advance in gardening and planting and agricultural developement generally.
    • 1912, Hose & al., Pagan Tribes of Borneo, Vol. I, Ch. iv:
      The Kenyah village frequently consists of a single long house.