Definition of "spring-house" [spring-house]

• A small building constructed over a spring or brook, where milk, fresh meat, etc., are placed in order to be kept cool in or near the running water. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The rattlesnakes could take the spring-house, for all he cared—he had already removed his whiskey jug."
• "It was nothing to him but a deserted spring-house."
• "Likewise, the spring-house door suddenly opened and out popped a funny, little old lady."