STEAMBOAT GOTHIC


Meaning of STEAMBOAT GOTHIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: from its use in homes of retired steamboat captains in imitation of the style of river steamboats

Date: 1941

: an elaborately ornamented architectural style used in homes built in the middle 19th century in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.