1902, Thomas Dixon, The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden--1865-1900, page 61
"But, honey, whar yo' ole man gwine ter sleep?" "Dey's straw in de barn, en pine shatters in de doghouse!" she shouted, slamming the window.
A structure of small size, similar to that of a dog-house, 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 [....]
1966, John Gunn, Barrier Reef By Trimaran, page 30
We lurched back into the shelter of the doghouse to consider things.
2003, William W. Putney, Always Faithful: A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII, page 106
I abandoned my torture chamber for the captain's doghouse, a cot covered by a small canvas tent just outside the bridge.
2005, Michael Green, M1 Abrams at War, page 75
Two small armored doors at the front of the doghouse protect the sight mirrors from harm.
2005, Alan Cockrell, Drilling Ahead: The Quest for Oil in the Deep South, 1945-2005, page 276
A rotary rig could have drilled that much in a day. Oscar had been here a month. He kept a careful log on the doghouse wall [....]
Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.
