weather house

English

Noun

weather house (plural weather houses)

A mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images.
Synonym: weather box
- 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:
  Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought / Devised the weather house, that useful toy!

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