Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. or Prov. Eng. A building for the shelter of neat cattle.
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- noun obsolete A
building for theshelter ofneat cattle .
Etymologies
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neat + house
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Examples
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"Sue round the _neathouse_ [Footnote: Cow-house.] squalling ran,
Wild Flowers Or, Pastoral and Local Poetry Robert Bloomfield 1794
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