tenantable

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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.

Vast sums of money must be expended before it can be made tenantable.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various

Three or four times in twenty years the outgoing tenant will make good his dilapidations, and the house-agent will put the premises into tenantable repair—as these things are settled for us by lawyers and surveyors.

From Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by Various

Scarcely had they begun to construct their cabins, when they were surprised by the rigors of an untried climate; their habitations being enveloped in 367 snow before they were tenantable....

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

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