Doghouse

Noun

 * 1) Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
 * 2) * 1902, Thomas Dixon, The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden--1865-1900, page 61
 * "But, honey, whar yo' ole man gwine ter sleep?" "Dey's straw in de barn, en pine shatters in de doghouse!" she shouted, slamming the window.
 * 1) A structure of small size, similar to that of a dog-house, but offering useful shelter for a human.
 * 2) * 1840, James Holman, ''Travels in Madeira, Sierra Leone, Teneriffe, St. Jago, Cape Coast, Fernando ..., page 411
 * This berth of mine was commonly called a doghouse (a box about six feet long, four high, and two broad,) containing a mattress fitted about 18 inches from the deck.
 * 1) * p. 1927, United States Code Annotated
 * [...] so as to render railroad liable for death of brakeman falling from tender, notwithstanding construction of doghouse on top of tender for brakeman's use.
 * 1) * 1958, in Rudder, Page 33
 * The yacht is well equipped and has accommodations for six people. A teak doghouse over the forward part of the cockpit affords [....]
 * 1) * 2005, Alan Cockrell, Drilling Ahead: The Quest for Oil in the Deep South, 1945-2005, page 276
 * A rotary rig could have drilled that much in a day. Oscar had been here a month. He kept a careful log on the doghouse wall [....]
 * 1) Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.
 * 2)  A difficult or demoralizing situation.
 * 3) * 1981, Charles Snelling, Nomenclature of Ships, Naval Sea Systems Command publication
 * During the slave trade, slaves were packed into every available niche aboard the slave ships, including the officers' cabins. The officers slept on deck in semi-cylindrical boxes, nicknamed "dog houses." The term "in the dog house" grew to describe being in a difficult situation due to the extreme discomfort of sleeping in these boxes.

Derived terms

 * in the doghouse

Synonyms

 * kennel

Translations

 * Dutch: hondenhok
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 * Greek: σκυλόσπιτο
 * Hebrew: מלונה
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:, casinha de cachorro
 * Serbian: štenara


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Quotations


doghouse fa:doghouse doghouse doghouse doghouse doghouse doghouse