Boskin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Boskin is a noun meaning (Northern England) a partition in a cowshed to separate cattle.
Meaning
(Northern England) a partition in a cowshed to separate cattle.
Example Sentences
Inside the barns, the cattle were separated by 'boskins' of timber or stone and tethered to posts known as 'rudsters'.
It had been handed down that Tom Schofield, travelling […] in the 1860s, threw a sack over a boskin (partition) in the byre at the inn where he lodged […].
Word Forms
- boskins
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