| 单词 | hen-rip |
| 释义 | > as lemmashen-rip 2. English regional (midlands and southern). A coop for hens or other poultry. Also hen-rip. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry > chicken-coop mewc1387 hen coop1423 coop1530 hen cub1583 chicken coop1687 chicken house1750 chicken cavie?a1786 hen-rip1788 par1866 hover1907 1788 in Sussex Notes & Queries 13 310 A pheasant mew, 3 wheelbarrows, 5 hen rips, a small wood grass roll, some skittles, and some bowls (23s.). 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 479/1 The hen..is frequently confined to a coop, called in Surrey a rip, for some weeks. 1855 W. C. L. Martin & E. Watts Poultry Yard (rev. ed.) ix. 131 The hen should be put under a rip or coop, solid all round except two bars in front. 1884 West Sussex Gaz. 25 Sept. Four hen rips, two fatting coops. 1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 107/2 Rip, a hen coop. < as lemmas |
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