market-house

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   dated: a building, often municipally owned, in which a public market is held

   The villagers sold the large catfish by the pound in the market-house.

A compound of market + house. Market-houses were prominent civic buildings in many British and American towns, providing a covered place for regulated trade.

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