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What is "dwelling house"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
dwelling house
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A dwelling house was let at the rent of 16s. 5d. per week.
▪ It was incorporated by the architect, Alexander Skirving, into a private dwelling house he was building in Langside Avenue.
▪ Tenby Tudor Merchant's House A beautifully furnished late medieval dwelling house near the harbour.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dwelling house

Dwelling \Dwell"ing\, n. Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.

Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons.
--Jer. xlix. 33.

God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men.
--Milton.

Philip's dwelling fronted on the street.
--Tennyson.

Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building.

Dwelling place, place of residence.

WordNet
dwelling house

n. housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation]

Usage examples of "dwelling house".

As the music went on, my ideas seemed to quit their mortal dwelling house.