different between barkitecture vs doghouse

English

Etymology

Blend of bark +? architecture.

Noun

barkitecture (uncountable)

1. (informal, humorous) The design and structure of doghouses.
   • 2000, William Thomas, The Dog Rules, Penguin (2000), ?ISBN, page 42:

     I'm sure with barkitecture just taking off, the next generation of doghouses will be designed with individual breeds in mind.

English

Etymology

dog +? house

Noun

doghouse (plural doghouses)

1. Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
2. A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.
   • 1840, James Holman, Travels in Madeira, Sierra Leone, Teneriffe, St. Jago, Cape Coast, Fernando ..., page 411

     This berth of mine was commonly called a doghouse (a box about six feet long, four high, and two broad,) containing a mattress fitted about 18 inches from the deck.

   • p. 1927, United States Code Annotated

     […] so as to render railroad liable for death of brakeman falling from tender, notwithstanding construction of doghouse on top of tender for brakeman's use.

   • 1958, in Rudder, Page 33

     The yacht is well equipped and has accommodations for six people. A teak doghouse over the forward part of the cockpit affords […]
3. Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.
4. (nautical) A difficult or demoralizing situation.
   • 1981, Charles Snelling, Nomenclature of Ships, Naval Sea Systems Command publication

     During the slave trade, slaves were packed into every available niche aboard the slave ships, including the officers' cabins. The officers slept on deck in semi-cylindrical boxes, nicknamed "dog houses." The term "in the dog house" grew to describe being in a difficult situation due to the extreme discomfort of sleeping in these boxes.

5. A traffic signal with five sections: two on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top.
6. (informal) Any shabby or disreputable establishment.
   • 2011, Christopher Pike, Until the End: The Party; The Dance; The Graduation (page 161)

     He didn't even know where he was taking her. He had assumed she would suggest a place she wanted to eat, the movie she wanted to see. Now he suspected she was waiting for him to make the decision. Unfortunately, he hardly knew the area. He didn't want to risk taking her to the local doghouse.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:doghouse.

Synonyms

• (chiefly British) kennel

Derived terms

• doghouse bass
• doghouse plot
• in the doghouse

Translations

See also

• barkitecture

Anagrams

• housegod