Cross house

[David Robertson]

This might turn out not to be Jargon.  Sorry if it does.  

I'm trying to understand what looks like "kros haws" in a shorthand Jargon 
letter.  It's a detail in the story of an elder who died apparently while 
kneeling in a bridge over a creek.  So he died in the "cross house"?

Is this term known in English?  Could it be purely Jargon, meaning 
something like "crossing house"?  Could this refer to a covered bridge?

Thanks for any help, 

--Dave R

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