α. 1500s pigscoate, 1600s piggescote, 1600s pigscoote, 1800s– pigscote.
β. 1700s– pigcote, 1800s– pigcoit (English regional (chiefly northern)), 1800s– pigcoite (English regional (chiefly northern)).
pigscoten.
/ˈpɪɡskəʊt/, /ˈpɪɡskət/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡsˌkoʊt/ A barn or shed in which pigs are kept; a pigsty.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of pigs > [noun] > placing in sty > pigsty or pen
sty?c1225
hoghouse1350
hog cote1414
swine sty1414
swine cote?c1430
swine housea1450
swine garth1459
swine house garth1466
hogsty?a1500
swine hulka1500
swine cruive1501
swine hull1566
cruivec1575
pigsty1580
swine's-steada1599
pigscote1599
hog pen1640
hoggery1642
crawl1661
swine crew1673
pigscot1679
1599 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. King Edward IV sig. M I wil not leaue S. Paule, nor Burgundy, Not a bare Pigscoate to shroud them in.
1605 in J. O. Halliwell Outl. Life Shakespeare (1887) II. 142 Warning to Henry Smyth to plucke downe his pigges-cote which is built nere the chapple wall.
1620 W. Loe Songs of Sion sig. K 4v They that put on their robs of silke The pigs coote seekes, & craue.
1790 O. Biddle Plan for School 16 And there are on the premises, A slaughter-house, cow-house, barn, bake-house, five pig cotes, two stables, and two other cow-houses.
1824 Times 18 Sept. 3/4 Who was it that interfered for your protection, when you were down in the mud near the pig-cote?
1896 ‘J. Ackworth’ Clog Shop Chron. 223 Mak' a place for the roppits i' th' pig-coite.
1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow iv. 118 At the back of the house was a garden adjoining the paddock, a cowshed with standing for two cows, pig-cotes and fowlhouses.
2002 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 27 Sept. 23 There is a useful lean-to with tiled roof..as well as a brick-built pigscote with tiled roof.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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