ˈcorn-house
† 1. An ancient name for a granary. Obs.
| c 1000 Suppl. ælfric's Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 185 Granarium, cornhus. 1535 Coverdale 2 Chron. xxxii. 28 Ezechias..made him..corne houses for the increace of corne. |
2. U.S. = corn-crib.
| 1699 J. Dickinson God's Protecting Provid. 82 The people had..large Cropps of Corn, as We could tell by their Corn-houses. 1745 Virginia Gazette 19 Dec., Two Dwelling-houses, Milk-house, Corn-house. 1836 Southern Lit. Messenger II. 157 That unlimited control which the said horse exercises over the corn in his corn-house. 1845 W. G. Simms Wigwam & Cabin 369 Considering that the Corn-House aint oberfull. 1957 Steven Post (Charlottesville, Va.) Feb., Slave cabin, corn house, kennel, hen house. |