DEAD-HOUSE

a building or room in which dead bodies are kept for a time; a mortuary. The boys who embalmed the bodies down in the dead-house and so forth were actually never even permitted to leave the dead-house.a building or room in which dead bodies are kept for a time; a mortuary. The boys who embalmed the bodies down in the dead-house and so forth were actually never even permitted to leave the dead-house. TStudy and Education (13 Aug. 64)