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woolshed

American  
[wool-shed] / ˈwʊlˌʃɛd /

noun

  1. a building in which sheep are sheared and wool is gathered and prepared for market.


woolshed British  
/ ˈwʊlˌʃɛd /

noun

  1. a shearing shed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of woolshed

First recorded in 1840–50; wool + shed 1

Example Sentences

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The dining-room or woolshed is made to look as devotional as possible.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Purchas

They want us out to make dams or put up a woolshed or something.

From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Rolf Boldrewood

It is in the station-house or in the adjoining woolshed that the service is held.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Purchas

Windeatt up at Breeza Downs is in a mortal funk, and sending word everywhere for a squad of Specials to protect his woolshed.'

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Mrs. Campbell Praed

The woolshed, the washpen, and all the huts connected with them are lone and voiceless as caravanserais in a city of the plague.

From Shearing in the Riverina by Rolf Boldrewood

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