stationhouse

See also: station-house, and station house

English

Etymology

From station +‎ house.

Noun

stationhouse (plural stationhouses)

1. (US) A structure or other area set aside for storage of fire-extinguishing equipment.
2. (US) The headquarters of a police force or unit for a specific district; a police station.
   • 2007 January 24, Jesse Mckinley, “8 Arrested in 1971 Killing of San Francisco Police Officer”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The arrests, in morning raids in California, Florida and New York capped an investigation by San Francisco police into the murder of Sgt. John V. Young, who was killed by a shotgun at a desk in the Ingleside stationhouse on Aug. 29, 1971.

3. A building serving as shelter at a railway station.