1. A detached or outdoor shelter for cooking
   "the circus used a tent as their cookhouse"
    
2. The area for food preparation on a ship
   "The cook prepared meals for the crew in the ship's cookhouse";
   - galley, ship's galley, caboose [N. Amer]

Derived forms: cookhouses

Type of: kitchen, shelter

Part of: ship

Encyclopedia: Cookhouse, South Africa