pole house

noun

1. a timber house built on a steep section and supported by heavy debarked logs in long piles

Example Sentences

With a little assistance he has built a palmetto and pole house, which subserves the purpose of sitting-room and bed-room.

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We call it a pole house because, usually, the logs are smaller than those used for a log house.

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A sufficient supply of food for a month or more was taken along, and he was helped in the work of erecting a brush-and-pole house.

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Oh, my white folks live in a pole house daubed wid dirt too.

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