What is "teahouses"

Usage examples of "teahouses".

The small settlement, to whose teahouses the monks went for their dissipations, was a landing-place for vessels plying back and forth across the lake, and the bawdyhouses buzzed with excitement when Kiyomori and his troopers arrived to surround it in a house-to-house search.

Eguchi, a short distance above the river mouth, was a village of inns, teahouses, and brothels.