Citations:doghouse

Noun

 * 1) Any small house used to house a dog.
 * 2) * 1902, Thomas Dixon, The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden--1865-1900, page 61
 * "But, honey, whar yo' ole man gwine ter sleep?" "Dey's straw in de barn, en pine shatters in de doghouse!" she shouted, slamming the window.
 * 1) A structure of small size, similar to that of a dog-house, but offering useful shelter for a human.
 * 2) * 1840, James Holman, Travels in Madeira, Sierra Leone, Teneriffe, St. Jago, Cape Coast, Fernando ..., page 411
 * This berth of mine was commonly called a doghouse (a box about six feet long, four high, and two broad,) containing a mattress fitted about 18 inches from the deck.
 * 1) * p. 1927, United States Code Annotated
 * [...] so as to render railroad liable for death of brakeman falling from tender, notwithstanding construction of doghouse on top of tender for brakeman's use.
 * 1) * 1958, in Rudder, Page 33
 * The yacht is well equipped and has accommodations for six people. A teak doghouse over the forward part of the cockpit affords [....]
 * 1) * 1966, John Gunn, Barrier Reef By Trimaran, page 30
 * We lurched back into the shelter of the doghouse to consider things.
 * 1) * 2003, William W. Putney, Always Faithful: A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII, page 106
 * I abandoned my torture chamber for the captain's doghouse, a cot covered by a small canvas tent just outside the bridge.
 * 1) * 2005, Michael Green, M1 Abrams at War, page 75
 * Two small armored doors at the front of the doghouse protect the sight mirrors from harm.
 * 1) * 2005, Alan Cockrell, Drilling Ahead: The Quest for Oil in the Deep South, 1945-2005, page 276
 * A rotary rig could have drilled that much in a day. Oscar had been here a month. He kept a careful log on the doghouse wall [....]
 * 1) Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.