freight house


noun
  1. a depot or storage place for freight.

Origin of freight house

1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Words Nearby freight house

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How to use freight house in a sentence

  • At one corner of the freight-house on the wharf was a big iron ring, to which the squire tied the dog.

    The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley Smith
  • The goods we had ordered began to arrive after breakfast, Bert bringing them from the freight house in his large wagon.

    The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
  • About twelve o'clock that night we held a council of war, which ended in our running the train into the out freight-house.

    The Nerve of Foley | Frank H. Spearman
  • Knew your cousin down at Rochelle; we worked on the same desk in the freight house.

  • At length, however, he saw four masts towering above the roof of a freight house.

    Cap'n Warren's Wards | Joseph C. Lincoln