shotgun house
A narrow shack with a door at each end, common in the Southern United States from the…A narrow shack with a door at each end, common in the Southern United States from the end of the Civil War until the 1920s.
Meaning
1 sensesA narrow shack with a door at each end, common in the Southern United States from the end of the Civil War until the 1920s.
Origin
* New Orleans architectural historian Samuel Wilson, Jr. has suggested that the term allud* New Orleans architectural historian Samuel Wilson, Jr. has suggested that the term alludes to the idea that if all the doors are opened, a shotgun blast fired into the house from the front doorway will fly cleanly to the other end and out at the back.
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Forms
plural: shotgun houses| Singular | shotgun house |
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Synonyms
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