name
Limehouse
LUH-ihm-hows
name
1
A district in East London, now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets.
"The old docks in Limehouse have been converted into flats."
verb
1
To deliver an aggressive, attacking political speech.
"The opposition leader limehoused the government's new tax policy."
noun
1
A kiln building used for producing lime, historically found in that part of London.
"The old limehouse by the river once supplied lime for construction across the city."
How to Use Limehouse
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMainly a London place name; the political-speech verb is a rare historical usage.
Word Forms
Limehoused past tense, limehouses plural, Limehouses singular
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Etymology
The place name comes from lime kilns once operated there; the verb sense recalls a fiery 1909 speech given in the district by Chancellor David Lloyd George.