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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