ˈmill-house
A building in which milling or grinding is carried on; † in early use = mill n.1 1.
| c 1300 Havelok 1967 Summe grop tre, and sum grop ston, And driue hem ut, þei he weren crus, So dogges ut of milne⁓hous. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 337/2 Myllehowse, molendina. 1508 Dunbar Flyting w. Kennedie 243 Chittirlilling, ruch rilling, lik schilling in the milhouse. 1657 R. Ligon Barbadoes (1673) 90 [Sugar-making.] From the Mill-house to the boyling house. 1766 Compl. Farmer s.v. Flax, It requires a less expensive mill-house [sc. for flax dressing]. 1888 Warren & Cleverly Wanderings ‘Beetle’ 129 A bridge bearing four tumble-down mill-houses. |