houseback

English

Etymology

From 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 […]

Anagrams

• Backhouse, back house, back-house, backhouse