pile dwelling

• Тип жилища или дома, построенного на деревянных сваях или столбах, обычно над водой или в болотистой местности, для защиты от наводнений или вредителей.

A type of dwelling or house built on wooden piles or stilts, typically over water or in marshy areas, to protect against flooding or pests.

1. Stilt houseC1formal

   A type of house built on wooden piles or posts, typically over water or marshy ground, to protect from flooding and pests.

   Свайное жилище

   • Archaeologists discovered ancient pile dwellings around the Alpine lakes.
   • Pile dwellings were common in prehistoric settlements.
   • The museum has a reconstruction of a pile dwelling from the Bronze Age.