British Dictionary definitions for hen run

hen run

noun

an enclosure for hens, esp one made of chicken wire

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Examples from the Web for hen run

Historical Examples

Just then I had a fancy for white creatures, and my hen-run was inhabited by white fowls only.
My Private Menagerie
Theophile Gautier
Cant you take me to the hen-run and let me see your flock of biddies?
The Corner House Girls on Palm Island
Grace Brooks Hill
At that time I used to keep about fifty of various species in a hen-run.
The Animal Story Book
Various
The hens are alive, and she tried the gate entering upon the hen-run.
The Corner House Girls
Grace Brooks Hill
On this kind of description Rome might be called a hen-run and Greece a back yard.
The Insurrection in Dublin
James Stephens

hen run

Examples from the Web for hen run

Historical Examples

Just then I had a fancy for white creatures, and my hen-run was inhabited by white fowls only.

Cant you take me to the hen-run and let me see your flock of biddies?

At that time I used to keep about fifty of various species in a hen-run.

The hens are alive, and she tried the gate entering upon the hen-run.

On this kind of description Rome might be called a hen-run and Greece a back yard.