icehouses

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Scope note
Buildings, often partly or wholly underground, in which ice, often ice collected in winter, is stored for use throughout the year. Examples were specially insulated and ventilated agricultural buildings, increasingly popular after the mid-19th-century rise in dairy production, for the storing of ice blocks.
icehouses
Accepted term: 13-May-2024