Definition of "tree-house" [tree-house]

• A house or dwelling built in the branches of a tree. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Micheline and Didi are fox cubs who live with their parents, Monsieur et Madame Renard, in a comfortable, middle-class, three-storey tree-house with hammock."
• "Picking his way through the contested territory, Mr. Richetto removed a No TAV banner from his backpack and handed it to a fellow villager who climbed up a rope ladder to a towering tree-house and hung the flag."
• "It wasn't London or Paris or Alex's tree-house or Piedmont or Vancouver or the wood's behind her uncle's house or Madeline's party or Clarke..."