mudhouse

English

Etymology

mud +‎ house

Noun

mudhouse (plural mudhouses)

  1. A simple house built primarily of mud.
    • 1963, Allen J. Ellender, “United States Foreign Operations in Africa”, in Reports and Documents, volume 19, United States: Congress, page 168:
      The new villages are built of mortar and brick, some of stone, and are a far cry from the villages of mudhouses.
    • 1955, Moses Zebi Frank, Sound the great trumpet, page 37:
      The settlers' mudhouses were swamped and they could not get out.
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