dog runn.
/ˈdɒɡ rʌn/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡ ˌrən/, /ˈdɑɡ ˌrən/ 1. An enclosed (outdoor) space for a dog to take exercise in.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > place to exercise hounds
grass yard1466
green yard1828
dog run1897
1897 T. E. Coleman Stable Sanitation & Constr. Contents p. xi Dog runs roofed in with corrugated iron.
1915 Catholic World Apr. 77 The landlord..announced that the dog would have to live in the kennel where there was a nice little dog-run.
1950 Life 9 Jan. 72/3 This is a Colonial house of medium size whose back yard is given over to a dog run, complete with grooming table.
2003 K. C. Thornton Compl. Idiot's Guide Beagles vii. 99 A dog run in the yard provides your Beagle with a covered or uncovered play area.
2. = dogtrot n. 3.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > passage or corridor > [noun]
alley1363
tresance1428
passagea1525
gallery1541
trance1545
through-passage1575
lobby1596
passageway?1606
conduit1624
gangway1702
vista1708
glidec1710
aisle1734
gallery1756
corridor1814
traverse1822
heck1825
rotunda1847
scutchell1847
zaguan1851
aisleway1868
pend1893
dogtrot1901
fairway1903
dog run1904
dog walk1938
walkout1947
coulisse1949
1904 New Eng. Mag. Mar. 41/1 Frequently, when the house is enlarged, instead of the second room being joined to the first, it is built at a distance of twelve feet and the roof extended to the first cabin. Thus a third open room or court is formed. This is called the ‘dog run’, but in reality it is the family sitting room.
1930 A. N. Lytle in I'll take my Stand 217 The house is a dog-run... The dog-run is a two- or four-crib construction with an open space between, the whole covered by one roof.
1968 T. R. Fehrenbach Lone Star xviii. 300 He replaced his log dog-run with a house of neater frame.
1975 Texas Monthly Aug. 51/3 One of the more popular ways of keeping cool was living in a dog run house.
2001 E. Kelton Way of Coyote xv. 183 Geneva sat in a rocking chair on the dog run.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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