forcing house









forcing house


forcing house noun

  1. a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened

Examples from the Web for forcing house Historical Examples of forcing house

  • Season early in the forcing-house but rather late out of doors.

    Manual of American Grape-Growing

    U. P. Hedrick

  • The Belgian Barra was right: “All a little mad” in this “forcing-house” of a war!

    Saint’s Progress

    John Galsworthy

  • And they can never be properly cultivated in the forcing-house of criticism.

    The Sorrows of Satan

    Marie Corelli

  • It humbles me as much as it refreshes me, after the forcing-house at Oxford.

    The Pillars of the House, Vol. II (of 2)

    Charlotte M. Yonge

  • From this they may be removed to the forcing-house as required to be brought into bloom.

    Gardening for the Million

    Alfred Pink

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