Definition of BOOKHOUSE

bookhouse

Plural: bookhouses

Noun

  • A repository for books; a library; a store of books.

Origin / Etymology

From book + house, probably as a calque of Old English bōchūs (“library, bookhouse”), whence Middle English bochous (“library”), which had eventually fallen into disuse.

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