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garrison house
noun
- a style of early New England house in which the second floor projects beyond the first.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of garrison house1
Example Sentences
Garrison House, Lion Rock, and Cathedral of the Isles are some of the places featured on the virtual island.
The elm handle is crafted from wood from the grounds of Garrison House on the Isle of Cumbrae, and represents Scotland's natural resources.
In every frontier settlement there were more or less garrison houses, some with a flankart at two opposite angles, others at each corner of the house; some houses surrounded with palisadoes; others, which were smaller, built with square timber, one piece laid horizontally upon another, and loop-holes at every side of the house; and besides these, generally in any more considerable plantation there was one garrison house capable of containing soldiers sent for the defense of the plantation, and the families near, whose houses were not so fortified.
The only ordinary, that of Goodman Ayers, was a garrison house as well as tavern, and the sturdy landlord was commander of the train-band.
"We must go to the McIntire garrison house some day," continued Clare.
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