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Meanings of pile dwelling in English

Spanish
vivienda lacustre

Dwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages.

        vivienda lacustre
        Usage of pile dwelling in English
        1
        Small terra-cotta figures, found in the Laybach pile dwellings.
        Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples
        2
        Small terra-cotta figures, from the Laybach pile dwellings.
        Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples
        3
        We do not meet in the pile dwellings with the common mouse, the rat, or the cat, and the horse is very rare.
        Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples
        4
        We meet with pile dwellings in our own day in the Celebes, in New Guinea, in Java, at Mindanao, and in the Caroline Islands.
        Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples
        5
        On the one side were gardens and the low rambling buildings of the convent, and on the other were huddled high- piled dwellings of poverty.
        The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow
        Translations for pile dwelling