shippen
- a variation of shippon.
Example Sentences
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When wee Andrew ran away with his treasures to the Druids' stones, Mysie went into the shippen, and did her milking to some very sad thoughts.
From Scottish sketches by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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 Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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 Heywood, Robert
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 Pfeiffer, Ida
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 Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
