Meaning of gighouse | Babel Free

Definitions

A building for keeping a gig (horse-drawn carriage) when not in use; carriage house.

Examples

“In Reg. v. Coots, 2 Cox C. C. (Eng) 188, two boys were found concealed in a corn bin in an open gighouse, half a mile from the house in which the burglary was committed.”

“The most significant exception to this is the gighouse added to the west end of the building.”

“And their stout ship, rigged for Antacrctic waters, was a raft constructed from weatherboard offcuts the builders had left stacked behind the stable and gighouse, now lashed to half a dozen firmly sealed kerosene tins.”

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