The women and children were hurriedly brought in from the outlying plantations, and lodged in temporary abodes within the stockade, whilst provisions in plenty were carried to the same place.
"The White Squaw"
Mayne Reid
There are no chimneys nor windows in these primitive abodes, but the doors, which are always open, admit light and air.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
Giving the animals, therefore, to the care of their owners, we dismounted, and went into some of the cabins, the inhabitants of which appeared to be as simple as the situation of their abodes had prepared us to expect.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig