cookhouse

[ koo k-hous ]

/ ˈkʊkˌhaʊs /

a building or place for cooking, especially a camp kitchen.

Origin of cookhouse

First recorded in 1785–95; cook¹ + house

One day I rode over to a battalion and found a lot of men sitting round the cookhouse.

The Great War As I Saw It |Frederick George Scott
He was a disgraceful, overfed doormat of a dog; and when he waddled off to my cookhouse to be fed, I had a brilliant idea.

Actions and Reactions |Rudyard Kipling
Charlie wheedled Stella into taking up the cookhouse burden again.

Big Timber |Bertrand W. Sinclair
As the sun was setting, I awoke from my day dream, and my stomach felt the call of the cookhouse.

S.O.S. Stand to! |Reginald Grant

All about that cookhouse dooryard spread a confusion of empty tin cans, gaudily labeled, containers of corn and peas and tomatoes.

Big Timber |Bertrand W. Sinclair

cookhouse

/ (ˈkʊkˌhaʊs) /

a place for cooking, esp a camp kitchen