Definition of parkhouse

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:53 AM -0800 1/2/08, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>Thanks for checking that out in the OED. I got nowhere online, but there
>was a lot of noise from proper nouns.
>
>It doesn't seem unusual for thesauruses to use questionable words. This
>is the first time I've had trouble with a word from Rodale's, though
>Laurence Horn was familiar with this word

Not really; I was just extrapolating from context.  Whatever it is,
I'm sure it's not as cute, etymologically speaking, as "gazebo".

LH

>, so perhaps it's a word simply
>not well documented.
>
>FWIW, I was looking for something like a gazebo, but more open. I went
>with pavilion, based on the graphic at
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:CUHKRoundPavilion.JPG (article at
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_pavilion). BB
>
>Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>Not in OED3 either, and would be between two Draft Revision Dec. 2007
>>words I know well  ;-)  parkette and parkie.
>>
>>The only instance of "parkhouse*" in OED3 is in "the Parkhouse
>>Beckingham Hovercat".
>>
>>Joel
>>
>>At 1/1/2008 09:24 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>>
>>>Rodale's Synonym Finder has "parkhouse" under "gazebo", but I cannot
>>>find a definition for parkhouse.
>>>
>>>Can anyone advise me what this word means?
>>>
>
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