Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picket-house

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: pick-et--house
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wooden building made by fitting boards across a framework of upright poles, often constructed as part of an outpost or as the first shelter in a new homestead.

Example Sentences

"Ever since the month of February 1810 (exactly one year), we had been constantly so near the enemy at the advanced posts, sleeping in our clothes, in bivouac, or in some hovel of a picket-house, rolled up in our cloaks on the ground, that I felt quite like a fish out of water, and was not reconciled to a bed."
"The Metcalf picket-house and the flag-staff tower became the objects of incessant attack."
"From the nearest French sentry, they learned that Grindley was lying drunk in their picket-house."

Etymology

From picket + house.

Inflected Forms

picket-houses (plural) picket house (alternative) pickethouse (alternative)

Questions

What does picket-house mean?: A wooden building made by fitting boards across a framework of upright poles, often constructed as part of an outpost or as the first shelter in a new homestead.
Where does picket-house come from?: From picket + house.

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