"waterhouse" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2001 January, David Seidman, “An Offshore Address”, in Boating, volume 74, number 1, page 36",
          "text": "We'd live in a waterhouse. Not a houseboat. I didn't want any hint of the “B” word. A waterhouse is a home that floats.",
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          "ref": "2005, Ilan Kelman, “Floods should not mean disasters”, in Building Research & Information, volume 33, number 3",
          "text": "The floating waterhouses allow residents to live a nomadic life.",
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        "A house on floats."
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