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fowlhouse

noun

Etymology

From fowl + house.

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-✻
  3. inherited from *hūsą✻ — “house”
  4. inherited from *hūs✻
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house”
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as fowlhouse — “fowl + house”

Definitions

  1. A building for keeping fowls

    A building for keeping fowls; a henhouse.

    • "Where's you Uncle Jobson?" he exclaimed. "In the fowlhouse," said Peter.

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