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Boathouse   /bˈoʊthˈaʊs/   Listen
Boathouse

noun
1.
A shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats.





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"Boathouse" Quotes from Famous Books



... Haviland girls feel hopelessly heavy and dull. They would come home and tell their mother that Vivian Sartoris let two of the boys jump her over the net, and that Cousin Carol wore Kent Parmalee's panama all afternoon, and called out to him, right across the court, "Come on down to the boathouse, Kent, and let's ...
— The Heart of Rachael • Kathleen Norris
... encouraged by this speech that she seated herself in the boathouse at the end of the wharf. She pushed her mantilla back from her face and looked up at ...
— Soldiers of Fortune • Richard Harding Davis
... next hotel on the south, and from the road on the sea front. But inland, a continuation of the marsh served as a dividing line. Salt Creek made the fourth side. The old mansion was set in the middle of the square with a big combination garage and boathouse behind it, almost against the marsh on the creek side. The doors were open and he could make out a black car, probably a coupe or two-door model, in one of ...
— Smugglers' Reef • John Blaine
... red sun on his left and the primrose moon on the right. She leaped for joy at that, and asked him to take her on the water soon, and he told her if she liked he would take her down to Prittlebay and show her his motorboat which was lying up in the boathouse of the Thamesmouth Yacht ...
— The Judge • Rebecca West
... Plantation and forest trees. O, watch house, once used as a strong room or prison. P, an old iron gun (mounted on a stone platform, which would probably fall to pieces at the first discharge) for summoning aid in case of sickness or distress. Q, road to fishing-store and boathouse. R, path up the hill ...
— Jethou - or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles • E. R. Suffling


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