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
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
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
But as soon as Janet was safely off the premises, she hurried across to the shippen, where Betty and Jenny were milking.
From Harvest by Mrs. Humphry Ward
