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A mews is a row or courtyard of stables and carriage houses with living quarters above them, built behind large city houses before motor vehicles replaced horses in the early twentieth century. Mews are usually located in desirable residential areas, having been built to cater for the horses, coachmen and stable-servants of prosperous residents.
1. : an enclosure for trained hawks usually used in plural. 2. : a place for hiding or retirement. 3. mews plural in form but singular or plural in construction chiefly British. a (1) : stables usually with living quarters built around a court.
The word mews refers to a row of attached houses that often runs an entire block. Traditional mews have either been converted to housing from stables, or just built to appear that way. You'll find most mews in Britain (in the U.S. they're more likely to be called "townhouses" or "row houses").
Mews definition: a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings. See examples of MEWS used in a sentence.
A mews is a street or small area surrounded by houses that were originally built as stables.
MEWS definition: 1. a building that was used in the past for keeping horses and is now used as a house: 2. a short…. Learn more.
MEWS meaning: a street or area with buildings that were once horse stables but that have been made into houses.
mews, row of stables and coach houses with living quarters above, built in a paved yard behind large London houses of the 17th and 18th centuries. Today most mews stables have been converted into houses, some greatly modernized and considered highly desirable residences.
Mews Definition. Stables or carriage houses, now often converted into dwellings, grouped around a court or along an alley. Such an alley. (UK) An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place. (falconry) A place where birds of prey are housed. Plural form of mew.
mews (plural mews or mewses) An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.