shippon

or ship·pen

[ ship-uhn ]

noun

, British Dialect.

1. a cow barn or cattle shed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shippon¹

before 900; Middle English schepon, Old English scypen; cognate with German Schuppen; akin to shop

Example Sentences

The farm-house in which we resided has long since been swept away, with its barns, its piggery, and its shippon.

From Project Gutenberg

The echo of the ax could be heard from the wood, and the muffled lowing of the kine from the shippon in the yard behind.

From Project Gutenberg