Mews
[mjuːz] or [mjuz]
Definition
(noun.) street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings; 'she lives in a Chelsea mews'.
Checked by Estes--From WordNet
Definition
(n. sing. & pl.) An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.
Editor: Spence
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Stables.
Inputed by Frances
Examples
- I then lounged down the street and found, as I expected, that there was a mews in a lane which runs down by one wall of the garden. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mews Street, Grosvenor Square, was not absolutely Grosvenor Square itself, but it was very near it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- So say the Serpentine-mews, to a man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They had driven him home a dozen times from Serpentine-mews, and knew all about him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- If you do, come down with me to Tom Corduroy's, in Castle Street Mews, and I'll show you such a bull-terrier as--Pooh! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Twenty-four, Mews Street, Grosvenor Square. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I then lounged down the street and found, as I expected, that there was a mews in a lane which runs down by one wall of the garden. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mews Street, Grosvenor Square, was not absolutely Grosvenor Square itself, but it was very near it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- So say the Serpentine-mews, to a man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They had driven him home a dozen times from Serpentine-mews, and knew all about him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- If you do, come down with me to Tom Corduroy's, in Castle Street Mews, and I'll show you such a bull-terrier as--Pooh! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Twenty-four, Mews Street, Grosvenor Square. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Checker: Trent