noun
- Plural of gasthouse; a building or facility where gas is produced, stored, or distributed.
Usage: chiefly historical; also spelled gas-house or gas house
Examples
- The old gasthauses that once supplied the city with gas have been converted into museums.
- During the industrial era, gasthauses were essential infrastructure in every major town.
- The workers at the gasthauses operated the equipment that produced coal gas for street lamps.
- Many historic gasthauses are now protected as industrial heritage sites.