Dictionary

cattleshed en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkætəlˌʃɛd/

Etymology

From cattle + shed.

Meanings

1. A small barn in which cattle are kept; a byre, a cowshed.
   • The occupier of any land within the municipality on which there shall be erected any stable, cowyard, cattleshed or goatshed, shall cause such premises to be kept in such a state in respect of cleanliness as not to be a nuisance or injurious to health […] 1882, Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia, volume 4, page 12:
   • When the farm-hand went into the cattleshed there was no sign of the bull there. 1992, Helena Henderson, The Maiden who Rose from the Sea and Other Finnish Folktales, →ISBN, page 9:
   • "So? Are you afraid they'll starve in my cattleshed?" asked Gunvanta, sarcastically. 2014, Vishwas Patel, A Dirge for the Damned, →ISBN:

Forms

Translations (5)

ta மாட்டுக்கிடை (small barn for cattle) · ta மாட்டுக்கொட்டில் (small barn for cattle) · is fjós (small barn for cattle) · pl obora (small barn for cattle) · de Rinderstall (small barn for cattle)