forcing house noun
- 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!
John Galsworthy
And they can never be properly cultivated in the forcing-house of criticism.
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.
Alfred Pink