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a house built of strips of sod, laid like brickwork, and used esp. by settlers on the Great Plains, when timber was scarce. Also called soddie, soddy.[1825-35]
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sod house — sod′ house′ n. amh. archit. a house built of strips of sod, laid like brickwork, and used esp. by settlers on the Great Plains • Etymology: 1825–35 … From formal English to slang
Sod house — The sod house or Soddy was a corollary to the log cabin during frontier settlement of the United States and Canada. The prairie lacked standard building materials such as wood or stone; however, sod from thickly rooted prairie grass was abundant … Wikipedia
sod house — noun a house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses • Syn: ↑soddy, ↑adobe house • Hypernyms: ↑house * * * noun : a house with walls built of sod or turf laid in horizontal layers * * * a house built of strips of sod, laid like brickwork … Useful english dictionary
Sod House (Cleo Springs, Oklahoma) — Sod House U.S. National Register of Historic Places … Wikipedia
Addison Sod House — Geobox Protected Area name =Addison Sod House native name = other name = other name1 = category local =National Historic Site category iucn = image size = image caption = country = Country country1 = Canada state = Province state1 = Saskatchewan… … Wikipedia
Minor Sod House — U.S. National Register of Historic Places … Wikipedia
Gustav Rohrich Sod House — The Gustav Rohrich Sod House was a sod house located in Bellwood, Nebraska. It was built in 1883 on 80 acres of land by Gustav Rohrich (1849 1938), an immigrant from Austria, for himself, his wife and three children. Its walls are made of sod… … Wikipedia
Sod — or turf is grass and the part of the soil beneath it held together by the roots, or a piece of this material.The term sod may be used to mean turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns. However, in British English such… … Wikipedia
house — Synonyms and related words: Aktiengesellschaft, Dymaxion house, Elizabethan theater, Globe Theatre, Greek theater, White House, abbey, abode, accommodate, adobe house, affiliation, agency, aktiebolag, amphitheater, ancestry, animal kingdom,… … Moby Thesaurus
sod|dy — «SOD ee», adjective, di|er, di|est, noun, plural dies. –adj. of or like sod; made of sods. –n. a house made of sods: »Later, settlers often improved their soddies by whitewashing the walls and hauling in lumber for doors and ceilings (Charlton… … Useful english dictionary
