What is "orchard house"

Orchard \Or"chard\, n. [AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard, i. e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. See Wort, Yard inclosure.]

1. A garden. [Obs.]

2. An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.

   Orchard grass (Bot.), a tall coarse grass ( Dactylis glomerata), introduced into the United States from Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value for forage and hay.

   Orchard house (Hort.), a glazed structure in which fruit trees are reared in pots.

   Orchard oriole (Zool.), a bright-colored American oriole ( Icterus spurius), which frequents orchards. It is smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole.

Orchard House is a historic house museum in Concord, Massachusetts, USA. It was the longtime home of Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) and his family, including his daughter Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) who wrote and set her novel Little Women (1868–69) there.