Meanings
plural cattlesheds · alternative cattle shed · alternative cattle-shed
- A small barn in which cattle are kept; a byre, a cowshed.
When the farm-hand went into the cattleshed there was no sign of the bull there.
1992, Helena Henderson, The Maiden who Rose from the Sea and Other Finnish Folktales, →ISBN, page 92 more examples
The occupier of any land within the municipality on which there shall be erected any stable, cowyard, cattleshed or goatshed, shall cause such premises to be kept in such a state in respect of cleanliness as not to be a nuisance or injurious to health […]
1882, Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia, volume 4, page 12"So? Are you afraid they'll starve in my cattleshed?" asked Gunvanta, sarcastically.
2014, Vishwas Patel, A Dirge for the Damned, →ISBN
Origin
Translations
German Rinderstall
- Rinderstallsmall barn for cattle
Icelandic fjós
- fjóssmall barn for cattle
Polish obora
- oborasmall barn for cattle
Tamil மாட்டுக்கிடை, மாட்டுக்கொட்டில்
- மாட்டுக்கிடை (māṭṭukkiṭai)small barn for cattle
- மாட்டுக்கொட்டில் (māṭṭukkoṭṭil)small barn for cattle
Cite this entry
cattleshed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cattleshed
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