<div dir="ltr"><div>Interestingly,  on <<a href="https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/barn">https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/barn</a>>, the definition is different:</div><div><br></div><div>1 A large farm building used for storing grain, hay, or straw or for housing livestock.</div><div><br></div><div>1.1 North American A large shed used for storing road or railway vehicles.</div><div><br></div><div>1.2 A large and uninviting building.</div><div><br></div><div>No 'US' or 'North American' for definition 1. This agrees with Phil's observation. So no problem with <span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">building=barn.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Cheers,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Markus</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 May 2018 at 15:09, Steve Doerr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doerr.stephen@gmail.com" target="_blank">doerr.stephen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    On 04/05/2018 10:18, pelderson wrote:<br>
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        <div>> The problem is that (British) English does not have a
          word for a generic animal-stable. "stable" is for horses. "cow
          shed" is for bovines, "pigsty" for pigs.<br>
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        > In the US a "barn" may include animal sheltering, but not
        in UK-English.<br>
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    </span><span class=""><div>> The Oxford does not make that distiction. Generally, barn
      and shed are about what the building looks like. That would be
      consistent with building=*. The usage or function of the building
      is a much more fleeting <br>
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      Actually, the Oxford English Dictionary has these definitions for
      'barn' (<a class="m_5309176920713119588moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/15619" target="_blank">http://www.oed.com/<wbr>viewdictionaryentry/Entry/<wbr>15619</a>):<br>
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       a. A covered building for the storage of grain; and, in wider
      usage, of hay, straw, flax, and other produce of the earth.<br>
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       b. Applied to: A barn-like building for worship.<br>
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       c. A stable or cattle-house. U.S.<br>
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      Note that the animal usage is marked 'U.S.'.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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      Steve<br>
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