Advertisement - Continue reading below

Definition of "house-place" [house-place]

  • The common-room in a farm-house; a living-room. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "house-place" in a sentence
  • "Mrs. Poyser accepted this compromise, but thought it advisable to bar and bolt to the utmost; and now, at the last moment before starting, Nancy, the dairy-maid, was closing the shutters of the house-place, although the window, lying under the immediate observation of Alick and the dogs, might have been supposed the least likely to be selected for a burglarious attempt."
  • "And the other family party, with Mr. Craig for company, went back to the pleasant bright house-place at the Hall"
  • "Everybody was come back from the meadow; and when Hetty and Adam entered the house-place, Mr. Poyser was seated in the three-cornered chair, and the grandfather in the large arm-chair opposite, looking on with pleasant expectation while the supper was being laid on the oak table."