bridge house
nounNautical.
a deckhouse including a bridge or bridges for navigation.
Origin of bridge house
1Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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How to use bridge house in a sentence
A contrast to him, indeed, were the children as they stood together in the little garden at the bridge house.
Chatterbox, 1906 | VariousThey had become accustomed to see Dick half asleep in his armchair in the garden, or before the fire at the bridge house.
Chatterbox, 1906 | Variousbridge house is simply A1, and if school anything like comes up to it, well—I shall say it's the time of my life.
A Fortunate Term | Angela BrazilAnd also when certain warehouses were taken away, and laid into the Bridge-House, the annual sum of £6.
Chronicles of London Bridge | Richard ThompsonThat night the three devoted women slept beneath the roof of the bridge house.
The Sign Of The Red Cross | Evelyn Everett-Green
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