crimping house

== English == === Alternative forms === crimp house, crimping-house === Noun === crimping house (plural crimping houses) (historical) A (usually low-rise) building into which men were decoyed and plied with alcoholic drink to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. === See also === impressment press-gang === References === “crimp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.