great house

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1 — Hist.

the residence and office of the officer in charge of a fur-trading post.

Quotations

1946

They [palisades] enclosed the store and warehouse, the great house of the factor and the mess.

2 — West Coast

among Coast Indians, a long rectangular communal dwelling, built of cedar, housing several families, and used at times for ceremonial affairs.

1872

They received me in a "great house" not unlike that of the Skiddans. . . .