| 释义 |
† ˈwormstall Obs.
[? Altered f. dial. oumer, umber n.1 + stall n.1]
An outdoor shelter for cattle in warm weather.
1601Holland Pliny xviii. xxxiii, Drive thy sheepe and cattaile out of the Sunne, into some worme-stall and place of shade. 1613Markham Eng. Husb. Former Pt. ii. A 4, The shelter will..be an excellent wormestall for cattell in the summer. 1703Thoresby Let. to Ray, Wormstall, shelter for cattel in hot weather. |