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poultryhouse

noun

Etymology

From poultry + house.

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-✻
  3. inherited from *hūsą✻ — “house”
  4. inherited from *hūs✻
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house”
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as poultryhouse — “poultry + house”

Definitions

  1. A house for poultry (avian livestock), usually for chickens.

    • Preventing disease outbreaks and maintaining a healthy flock must be two of the main objectives of every poultrykeeper. […] A poultryhouse — and [poultry] run if you have one — must be cleaned thoroughly every year.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA