root-cellar

The wall next to the stairs was connected to a disused root-cellar, fenced off by planks with large gaps full of darkness between them.

The Achitecture of Fear Heather McDougal 2007

The stone-walled kitchen, too small for the number of people crowded into it, was ill-lit, with only two lanterns for the whole room, cramped and hot; in the inevitable confusion of dinner preparation it had been fairly simple for them to slip into the root-cellar to hide, then to lure individuals away and knock them out with a song of sleep.

The Lark And The Wren Lackey, Mercedes 1992

The first potato crop ever planted on Lallybroch was due for harvest within a few days, and-on my timorous and inexpert advice-a small root-cellar was being dug to house them.

Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

The evidence of his work was hidden thirty feet beyond his former laboratory in Jake's village, with a tunnel that led from another root-cellar.

Badge of Infamy Lester Del Rey 1954

We killed hundreds of birds in order to save the corn and had good crops of wheat and oats and we also had a most remarkable yield of potatoes; so large in fact, that we had to build a root-cellar in the hillside out of logs.

Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Various

In that hour she discovered that a finer courage is necessary to admit a mistake and to begin anew than to besiege a hobo in a root-cellar.

Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Mary Ellen Chase 1930

It belonged to the root-cellar just beyond the kitchen, and it hung in Mr. Hunter's office above his desk.

Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Mary Ellen Chase 1930

They asked question after question and explored every nook and corner of the cabin and its surroundings -- the kitchen with its shining stove, singing tea-kettle, and white-covered table, the pantry, the root-cellar and chicken-house, and last of all the creek-refrigerator.

Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Mary Ellen Chase 1930

Why should Mr. Crusoe want to go to the root-cellar?

Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Mary Ellen Chase 1930

As Mr. Crusoe rounded the farther corner of the porch, and started in the direction of the root-cellar, Vivian ran through the house and into Hannah's spotless kitchen.

Virginia of Elk Creek Valley Mary Ellen Chase 1930