neathouse

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See also: neat-house

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English nethouse; equivalent to neat +‎ house.

Noun

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neathouse (plural neathouses)

  1. (obsolete) A building for the shelter of neat cattle.
    • 1632, Philip Massinger, The City Madam:
      The neathouse for musk-melons, and the gardens,
      Where we traffic for asparagus, are, to me,
      In the other world.

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