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A barn is an agricultural building primarily located on farms and used for many purposes, notably for the housing of livestock and storage of crops. In addition, barns may be used for equipment storage, as a covered workplace, and for activities such as threshing. The word barn is also used to describe buildings used for uses such as a tobacco barn or dairy barn. Byre is a word for one type of barn meant for keeping cattle. ==Etymology== The word ''barn'' comes from the Old English ''bere'', for barley (or grain in general), and ''aern'', for a storage place—thus, a storehouse for barley.〔Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) © Oxford University Press 2009. Barn, n.〕 “Another word for 'barn' in Old English was ''beretun,'' "barley enclosure" (from ''tun'': 'enclosure,' 'house',〔http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=barn referenced 4/19/2013〕 or ''beretun'' (barton), also meaning a threshing floor.〔Bosworth, J.. ''A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language''.... London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1838. 50. Print.〕 However, the common English name for a grain storage building now is granary. Modern barns may include a stable, from Latin ''stabulum'' ‘stall, fold, aviary’ (literally "a standing place,"),〔http://www.etymonline.com Stable〕 ''byre'' (‘cow shed’, from ''bower'' which is from Old English ''bur''— "room, hut, dwelling, chamber," from Proto-Germanic *''buraz'' (cf. Old Norse ''bur'' "chamber," Swedish ''bur'' "cage," Old High German ''bur'' "dwelling, chamber," German Bauer "birdcage")...”,〔http://etymonline.com Byre〕 or stall, “...place in a stable for animals," from Old English ''steall'' "place where cattle are kept, place, position," and Proto-Germanic *''stallaz'' (cf. Old Norse ''stallr'' "pedestal for idols, altar," Old Frisian ''stal'', Old High German ''stall'' "stand, place, stable, stall," German ''Stall'' "stable," Stelle "place".〔http://etymonline.com Stall〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「barn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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