shippon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cattleshed.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃɪpən/

Word forms

shippon shippons shippen

Etymology

From Middle English shipne, shepne, schüpene, from Old English sċypen, from Proto-Germanic *skupinī, from Proto-Germanic *skup- (whence shop). Cognate with German Schuppen (“shed”), and Bavarian Schupfn, Schupfa.

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