boom-house

English

Noun

boom-house (plural boom-houses)

  1. Alternative form of boomhouse
    • 1896, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Around the Camp-fire, page 180:
      One rough afternoon, when the boom was all awash, and the wind sweeping up the river so keen with suggestions of autumn that I was glad to do my undressing and my dressing in the boom-house, just as I was about to take my plunge Mat asked if I would mind staying and watching the boom for him while he paddled up to "the Corners" to buy himself some coffee and molasses.
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