English Explanatory Dictionary

barnraising

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The collective construction of a barn by members of a community, common in 18th- and 19th-century rural North America, and present-day Mennonite and Amish communities.

Word forms

barnraising barnraisings barn raising barn-raising

Etymology

From barn + raising.

Related words

barnstar
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