<div dir="ltr">@Steve Interesting fact that even within Oxford resources the definitions differ. 4<div>I also did a picture search for "barn" on google, and noticed that "barn" for the type of building is shared widely, but the usage has endless variation (stuff, cattle, crop, retail, storage, restaurants, culture), and that does not stop at the UK border. <div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2018-05-04 15:09 GMT+02:00 Steve Doerr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doerr.stephen@gmail.com" target="_blank">doerr.stephen@gmail.com</a>></span>:<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_5985946091577098980moz-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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