hay-housen.
A building in which hay is stored, a hay-barn; spec. a structure having a roof supported on pillars, and without side or end walls.
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hay-housea1000
loft1530
hayloft1570
hay-barn1577
tallet1586
hay-tallat1697
hay-box1885
a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 237/36 Fenile, heghus.
1483 Cath. Angl. 169/2 An Hay howse, fenerium.
1588 Bursar's Roll in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 26 [There were..a] haye house [and a hen-house].
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Foinil, a Hay-stacke..Hay-loft, Hay-house.
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