limehouse en · NOUN
Etymology
From lime + house.
Meanings
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An oast house that uses a limekiln.
In a number of parishes tithe was due on mills, and, at Fowey, on limehouses, but only for coppice wood.
1974, Richard Potts, A Calendar of Cornish Glebe Terriers, 1673-1735, page xviii:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| limehouses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |