English

Noun

long-house ‎(plural long-houses)

1. Alternative form of longhouse.
   • 1622, J. Mabbe translating M. Alemán's Rogue, Ch. ii, p. 355:

     To make wads and wisps for those that go to the Long-house (you know what I meane).

   • 1966, G.E. Evans, Pattern under Plough, Ch. v, p. 72:

     The Welsh long-houses... with long sides and opposite doors providing a passage from side to side, and dividing the building roughly in two.