bridge-house
(ˈbrɪdʒhaʊs)
A house connected with a bridge, for its protection or control; spec. the house with its officers and revenues, connected in former times with the care and repair of London Bridge.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce xvii. 409 [Thai] pressit thame full fast to tow Hir by the brighouss to the wall. 1704 Lond. Gaz. No. 4069/4 A Large Wharf..near the Bridge-House. 1766 Entick London IV. 375 Estates settled on the city or bridge-house. |