houseback

English

Etymology

house +‎ back

Noun

houseback (plural housebacks)

  1. The rear of a house.
    • 1901, Thomas Hardy, Genoa and The Mediterranean:
      Out from a deep-delved way my vision lit / On housebacks pink, green, ochreous […]
    • 1850, Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke:
      The light on the policeman's lantern glared over the ghastly scene—along the double row of miserable housebacks, which lined the sides of the open tidal ditch […]

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