barrelhouse noun2 •A rough-and-tumble drinking establishment.It’s beautiful, but never naïvely so; the pastoral moments were offset by barrelhouse intrusions. — 2008 •A loud, percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy bars or taverns.A barrelhouse blues was being shouted over the stamping of feet on a wooden floor. Miss Grace, the good-time woman, had her usual Saturday-night customers. — 1969 formsbarrelhouses
