long house

See also: longhouse and long-house

English

Noun

long house (plural long houses)

  1. Alternative form of longhouse.
    • 1751, C. Gist, Journals, page 51:
      They marched in under French Colours and were conducted into the Long House.
    • 1826, [James Fenimore Cooper], “Preface”, in The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea— […], →OCLC, page vi:
      One branch of this numerous people was seated on a beautiful river, known as the “Lonapewihittuck”, where the “long house,” or Great Council Fire, of the nation was universally admitted to be established.
    • 1894 May 1, Sarawak Gazette, page 67:
      The practice of herding together in ‘long houses’ prevents mental and moral improvement and hinders advance in gardening and planting and agricultural developement generally.
    • 1912, Hose & al., chapter IV, in Pagan Tribes of Borneo, volume I:
      The Kenyah village frequently consists of a single long house.
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