a building in which young chickens are kept; (also) a building in which silkworms are reared.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry > laying house, hatchery, etc. (7) rearing house1824 a building in which young chickens are kept; (also) a building in which silkworms are reared. sitting room1850 A small room or house in a poultry farm used for hens which are sitting on and hatching eggs. Now rare. hatchery1857 A commercial establishment in which fish or poultry eggs are hatched in controlled conditions. Also figurative. brooding-room1884 General attributive (in sense 1), as in brooding-place, brooding-pouch, brooding-room. eggery1910 A collection of eggs; an establishment for producing eggs. laying house1913 (a) the house or building in which rope is ‘laid’ or made; (b) a building in which laying hens are kept. battery1931 A series of hutches, cages, or nesting-boxes in which laying hens are confined for intensive laying or poultry reared and fattened. Later extended to… |
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