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cattleshed

noun
/ˈkætəlˌʃɛd/

Etymology

From cattle + shed.

  1. derived from *skeyt-✻ — “to cut, part, divide, separate”
  2. inherited from *skaiþaną✻
  3. inherited from *skaiþan✻
  4. inherited from scēadan
  5. inherited from scheden
  6. formed as cattleshed — “cattle + shed”

Definitions

  1. A small barn in which cattle are kept

    A small barn in which cattle are kept; a byre, a cowshed.

    • When the farm-hand went into the cattleshed there was no sign of the bull there.
    • "So? Are you afraid they'll starve in my cattleshed?" asked Gunvanta, sarcastically.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA