What does boskin mean?
Boskin means (Northern England) a partition in a cowshed to separate cattle.
Boskin
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
(Northern England) a partition in a cowshed to separate cattle.
Example Sentences
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 […].
Inside the barns, the cattle were separated by 'boskins' of timber or stone and tethered to posts known as 'rudsters'.
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Antonyms for boskin
Word Forms
- boskins
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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 […].
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