sod house

noun

1. a house built of strips of sod, laid like brickwork, and used especially by settlers on the Great Plains, when timber was scarce.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sod house¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

And as he did so, he regarded the spot where the sod house had once stood and wherein he had spent many happy days.

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Here he secured work, saved some money, and bought a homestead in Bradford Township, and erected thereon a sod house.

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The days crept slowly by, and times grew more and more uncomfortable in the little sod house.

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Two days later Roberts delivered his man to the deputy sheriff who had charge of the sod-house jail in the little town.

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The back door of the sod-house opened, and through the night stillness floated the faint strumming of a guitar.

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