English Dictionary

office-house

名詞

廃用

(obsolete) A building or outhouse on a farm, estate, manor, palace, etc. used for household work, storage, housing servants, etc; the office of the steward or bailiff on a manor or estate; a house of office.

日本語の意味

旧式の用語で、農場、荘園、邸宅、宮殿などに併設され、家事作業、物品の保管、使用人の住居として利用された建物や付属棟、またはそこにある執務所（管財人や執事の役割を担う場所）を指す。

The manor's old office-house, once bustling with cooks and scullery hands, now stands empty behind the garden.

その邸宅の古い家事用の付属建物は、かつて料理人や雑用係で賑わっていたが、今では庭の裏で空き家になっている。

意味（1）

(obsolete) A building or outhouse on a farm, estate, manor, palace, etc. used for household work, storage, housing servants, etc; the office of the steward or bailiff on a manor or estate; a house of office.

That gloomy spot they spoke of lay aside from the hamlet. In a dell, begirt with firs, you might behold a hut, and various ruined office-houses.

office-houses （ plural ）