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boskin

boskin noun: a partition in a cowshed to separate cattle.

Noun

boskin (plural boskins)

  1. (Northern England) a partition in a cowshed to separate cattle
    • It had been handed down that Tom Schofield, travelling […] in the 1860s, threw a sack over a boskin (partition) in the byre at the inn where he lodged […].1976, Marie Hartley, Joan Ingilby, Life & Tradition in West Yorkshire, page 109
    • Inside the barns, the cattle were separated by 'boskins' of timber or stone and tethered to posts known as 'rudsters'.1999, Nicholas Crane, Two Degrees West, London: Viking, page 96

Forms of boskin

pluralboskins

Questions about boskin

What does boskin mean?
Boskin means a partition in a cowshed to separate cattle.
What part of speech is boskin?
Boskin is a noun.
What is the plural of boskin?
The plural of boskin is boskins.

Words near boskin in the dictionary

  1. bosket
  2. boskets
  3. Boskett
  4. boskier
  5. boskiest
  6. boskin
  7. boskiness
  8. boskins
  9. Bosko
  10. Boskoop
  11. Boskopoid

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