roadhouse

West and Northwest, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a rest house or lodge, often of simple character, used by wayfarers.

Quotations

1909

In their road-house down by the river-trail they waited and watched for prey. . . .

1922

The roadhouse was a low, log building about fifty feet long and twenty wide.

1936

Every few miles we stopped at a road-house where food of sorts and liquor were disposed of at high prices.

1962

My ranch house used to be a stopping place or roadhouse for this stagecoach.