long house

See also: longhouse and long-house

English

Noun

long house (plural long houses)

1. Alternative form of longhouse.
   • 1751, C. Gist, Journals, p. 51:

     They marched in under French Colours and were conducted into the Long House.

   • 1753, George Washington, Diary, Vol. I, p. 50:

     We met in Council at the Long House.

   • 1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans, Vol. I, Preface, p. vi:

     ... where the ‘long house’, or Great Council Fire, of the nation was universally admitted to be established.

   • 1894 May 1, Sarawak Gazette, p. 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., Pagan Tribes of Borneo, Vol. I, Ch. iv:

     The Kenyah village frequently consists of a single long house.