waenhuis, noun

Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, waen (from Dutch wagen) wagon + huis house.
A coach house; a wagon house.
1967 M.M. Hacksley Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)There is the Waenhuis as well as the three flats, of course, and together the four rentals will pay the monthly instalments.
1979 Weekend Post 10 Mar. (Family Post) 7The old ‘waenhuis’ (Wagon house) on the side of the house was converted into a study and linked to the home.
1988 D. Hughes et al. Complete Bk of S. Afr. Wine 218The Waenhuis (now a gift shop).
1992 [see Jonkershuis].
A coach house; a wagon house.
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