Dictionary

mudhouse en · NOUN

Etymology

From mud + house.

Meanings

1. A simple house built primarily of mud.
   • The settlers' mudhouses were swamped and they could not get out. 1955, Moses Zebi Frank, Sound the great trumpet, page 37:
   • The new villages are built of mortar and brick, some of stone, and are a far cry from the villages of mudhouses. 1963, Allen J. Ellender, “United States Foreign Operations in Africa”, in Reports and Documents, volume 19, United States: Congress, page 168:

Forms