barnraising

noun

Etymology

From barn + raising.

  1. inherited from reysynge
  2. compounded as barnraising — “barn + raising

Definitions

  1. The collective construction of a barn by members of a community, common in 18th- and…

    The collective construction of a barn by members of a community, common in 18th- and 19th-century rural North America, and present-day Mennonite and Amish communities.

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