shippon
noun
a cow barn or cattle shed.
shippen
-
a variation of
shippon.
Example Sentences
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An' I watched 'im come along making for that outside cart-shed—that 'un that's back to back wi' the shippen, where they foun' Watson lyin'.
From Harvest by Mrs. Humphry Ward
The house not large but comfortable; a very large new barn with shippen, stable and granary and a good stock of hay.
From A Journey to America in 1834 by Robert Heywood
How still the farm was, except for the movements of the cows inside the shippen at his back, or of the horses in the stable!
From Harvest by Mrs. Humphry Ward
The farm-houses here are very large and far-spread, but the reason is, that stable, barn, and shippen are under the same roof: the walls of the houses are of wood filled in with bricks.
From Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North by Ida Pfeiffer
There were no sheep in the pens, no cows in the shippen, no horses in the stable, and no neighbour came in to say good-bye.
From The Squire's Daughter by Silas K(itto) Hocking
