oxhouse Now local.
(ˈɒkshaʊs)
A house for the sheltering or stabling of oxen: cf. cow-house.
| 14.. Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 727/2 Hoc bostare, a nox⁓hows. 1523 Fitzherb. Surv. 35 b, Two barnes and an oxe house, a hey house and a stable. 1533 Test. Ebor. (Surtees) VI. 39 All the haie that is in the oxhouse lathe. 1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. 12 An entrie..to the Oxhouses. 1876 Whitby Gloss., Owce-house, the stable for the oxen. |