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driveshed

noun

Etymology

Blend of drive + watershed; by surface analysis, drive + 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. compounded as driveshed — “drive + shed”

Definitions

  1. A rural outbuilding for sheltering vehicles, farm machinery, and/or visitors' horses.

    • Near-synonym: carriage house

  2. The land area within a defined driving distance of a specified location.

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