A house or mansion in the country; esp. the residence of a country gentleman; a country-seat. Also attrib.
1592. R. D., Hypnerotomachia, 2. No humaine creature to my sight … nor countrey house, field tent, or shepheards cote.
1664. Pepys, Diary (1879), III. 25. Going out of towne to his country-house.
1838. Lytton, Alice, I. 15. We met at a country-house.
1849. Macaulay, Jrnl., 21 Dec. I do not love country-house society.
