doghouse

Определение doghouse в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse; A difficult or demoralizing situation
During the slave trade, slaves were packed into every available niche aboard the slave ships, including the officers' cabins. The officers slept on deck in semi-cylindrical boxes, nicknamed dog houses. The term in the dog house grew to describe being in a difficult situation due to the extreme discomfort of sleeping in these boxes.; A structure of small size, similar to that of a dog-house, but offering useful shelter for a human
A rotary rig could have drilled that much in a day. Oscar had been here a month. He kept a careful log on the doghouse wall.; Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog
But, honey, whar yo' ole man gwine ter sleep? Dey's straw in de barn, en pine shatters in de doghouse! she shouted, slamming the window.; an idiomatic term for being in disfavor; "in the doghouse; an idiomatic term for being in disfavor; "in the doghouse"; If you are in the doghouse, people are annoyed or angry with you. Her husband was in the doghouse for leaving her to cope on her own; Slang for a protuberance or blister that houses an instrument or instruments on an otherwise smooth skin of a rocket; Mechanically, a cover with an opening, with a shape similar to a doghouse; Used on steam locomotive tenders, it is a small enclosure usually located atop the back of the tender, which provides shelter for the brakeman Also, a slang term for caboose; A boxlike extension or wing on a glass furnace through which a batch, the raw materials for making glass, or floaters, the introduction of another color, etc , are introduced into the furnace; A doghouse is a small building made especially for a dog to sleep in; outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog; {i} kennel, small outdoor shelter for a dog
in the doghouse: In a situation of being the object of someone's anger or disapproval
He forgets his anniversary, he's in the doghouse, but he pulls out of it with a romantic (i.e. expensive) dinner.
doghouses: plural of doghouse