tenantable

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In 1837, not one third of the public school-houses in Massachusetts would have been considered tenantable by any decent family out of the poor-house or in it.

From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Mayhew, Ira

No weapon, no matter how ingenious, is of utility in warfare unless it can be relied upon, and no vessel that is not tenantable can be expected to render any service at sea.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various

The tenantable parts of the castle comprise the town-hall; a poor-house; a jail; a new market-house; numerous store-cellars; a blacksmith’s and other shops and habitations; a Roman Catholic chapel; and a pigeon-house. 

From A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire by Barber, J. T.

The shade was not comfortable and within doors those apartments which denied entrance to the sun had to be made tenantable by braziers.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

When the tenant had done these things, had made the land tenantable, the rent was raised.

From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.