shippen
- noun
- Archaic
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establo
- The smell of hay filled the shippen as the farmer finished his chores.
Examples
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In old English villages, every farm had a shippen next to the house.
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The cows were brought into the shippen before the storm started.
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The farmer built a large shippen for the cows.
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In the winter, the shippen keeps the cattle warm.
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The cows were brought into the shippen before the storm started.
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In old English villages, every farm had a shippen next to the house.
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The smell of hay filled the shippen as the farmer finished his chores.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large farm building for storing hay or keeping animals
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1.2
A barn where cows are kept for shelter or milking
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9.9
A building where cows are kept
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2.4
A building where cows stay and rest
A building, often a barn, where people keep cows
A barn where cows stay for shelter and milking
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shippen comes from an old English word for a 'shed' and contains the part pen, which means an 'enclosure' for animals, just like the common word 'pen'. So a shippen is simply a cowshed or cattle barn.