English

shoothouse

From shoot + house.

A compound of shoot + house

Proto-Germanic *skeutaną ‘to shoot, dash’

Proto-West Germanic *skeutan ‘to shoot’

Old English scēotan ‘to shoot’

Middle English scheten

English shoot

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Today it means

noun A structure used in military training exercises with live ammunition.

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

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