English

gunhouse

From gun + house.

A compound of gun + house

Middle English gunne

English gun

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Today it means

noun The rotating part of a gun turret seen above deck.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gunhouse