(obsolete) A brothel whose rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates.

plural of panel house

plural of doss-house

The furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulfur and arsenic from the pyrites.

plural of auction house

plural of meeting house

plural of guest house

(historical) A low lodging house into which men were decoyed and plied with alcoholic drink to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers.

(slang, dated) An audience composed of people who have come in on free passes.

(UK, historical) A place, usually a public house, where journeymen connected with a particular trade assembled when out of work, ready for the call of employers.