They wove in what's called a longhouse, a traditional Montagnard structure. From Wordnik.com. [News & Record Article Feed] Reference
The longhouse was a fair distance away. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Engineers]
Her words rever-berated the length of the longhouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
He had lived in the girl's longhouse for some months. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
They then traveled by wood and ravine toward the longhouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire In His Hands]
A three-fingered hand gestured toward the longhouse ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
Something wonderful had happened in the longhouse, Fawn knew. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
In response, the longhouse shook to shouted offers of assistance. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
I glanced at the far end of the longhouse, at the largest hearth. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
Suddenly shouting could be heard coming from inside the longhouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
Nezzie came out of the longhouse and let the drape fall behind her. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
Taking hers, she rose and moved to the right side of the longhouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
The big -un to the side, that will have been the chief's longhouse. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
He was the slave of the longhouse, at the use of anyone who lived there. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
Fifty feet from the longhouse itself Bragi turned his back into the wind. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire In His Hands]
They stayed, their faces turned toward the glow of the burning longhouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire In His Hands]
There was nothing in the longhouse that could be used as a weapon, nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
Entering a reconstructed sod longhouse, he meets a woman stirring a cauldron. From Wordnik.com. [Before the Pilgrims] Reference
There was no joy in Ragnar's longhouse, only the numbness that follows disaster. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire In His Hands]
"Then propose one!" shouted a representative from the far side of the longhouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
It was a longhouse, something so out of fashion that he had never seen one in England. From Wordnik.com. [Truly]
Coming out of the dark on the lee side of the longhouse, the mare and her colt appeared. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
Their longhouse was not only the size of a mountain, it appeared to be made of solid gold!. From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
The Kakatanawa longhouse dominated even the brooding peaks which completely surrounded it. From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
They stood outside the entrance to the longhouse, squinting in the bright light of midday. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
Nothing I had heard could have prepared me for my first sight of the Kakatanawa "longhouse.". From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
Bathed in torchlight, she stood outside the longhouse listening to the chanting from within. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
Jorana's barks and yips rose and fell euphoniously in the still, hu'mid air of the longhouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
I think it has something to do with the staring match that I had with a skull at the longhouse. From Wordnik.com. [natinski Diary Entry] Reference
The glare from the longhouse persisted for a minute after the lander stopped moving, then died. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Engineers]
What you saw was the great communal longhouse of the Kakatanawa, the model for a dozen cultures. From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
"The Lord of Winds has gone mad and threatens to destroy our longhouse and all that it protects.". From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
The frame was propped against the longhouse and could be turned around and worked from either side. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
Know-ing in advance what it would be, she took a deep breath and bent low to reenter the longhouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
We had the privacy of Babel; there was a conversation going on at the far end of the longhouse, but its words held no meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
At the other end of the longhouse the drinking party was growing riotous; all the men were laughing, rocking to and fro with mirth. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
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