deadhouse (English, noun)
expansion: deadhouse (plural deadhouses)
Senses:
glosses: A place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead human bodies (as for example to store them during the winter until the hand-digging of a grave becomes practical after the spring thaw).
glosses: A room or building behind a bar (drinking establishment) where excessively drunk customers may be taken to sober up.
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
historical
Forms:
form: deadhouses
tags: plural