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byre-dwelling

byre-dwelling noun: a farmhouse having human living quarters under the same roof as the livestock and/or grain.

Noun

byre-dwelling (plural byre-dwellings)

  1. (historical) A farmhouse having human living quarters under the same roof as the livestock and/or grain.

Forms of byre-dwelling

pluralbyre-dwellings

Questions about byre-dwelling

What does byre-dwelling mean?
Byre-dwelling means a farmhouse having human living quarters under the same roof as the livestock and/or grain.
What part of speech is byre-dwelling?
Byre-dwelling is a noun.
What is the plural of byre-dwelling?
The plural of byre-dwelling is byre-dwellings.

Words near byre-dwelling in the dictionary

  1. Byrams
  2. Byrd
  3. Byrd rule
  4. Byrdstown
  5. byre
  6. byre-dwelling
  7. byre-dwellings
  8. byreman
  9. byremen
  10. byres
  11. byrewoman

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