bunkhouse

[ buhngk-hous ]

/ ˈbʌŋkˌhaʊs /

a rough building, often with bunk beds, used for sleeping quarters, as for ranch hands, migratory workers, or campers.

Origin of bunkhouse

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; bunk¹ + house

We were very much excited, and when we reached our bunkhouse we told some of the other boys.

Into the Jaws of Death |Jack O'Brien
And they went their several ways; Joe to the kitchen of the house, and Tresler to his dusty mattress in the bunkhouse.

The Night Riders |Ridgwell Cullum
Returning to the bunkhouse door, he stood in it for a time, watching the approaching men.

The Ranchman |Charles Alden Seltzer
Someone was prowling about, and just a moment ago went into the bunkhouse.

The Ranger Boys Outwit the Timber Thieves |Claude A. Labelle

The crew rollicked to the log house which was cook-shanty at one end, bunkhouse at the other.

Sudden Jim |Clarence Budington Kelland

bunkhouse

/ (ˈbʌŋkˌhaʊs) /

(in the US and Canada) a building containing the sleeping quarters of workers on a ranch