neathouse

See also: neat-house

English

Alternative forms

• neat-house

Etymology

From Middle English nethouse; equivalent to neat +‎ house.

Noun

neathouse (plural neathouses)

1. (obsolete) A building for the shelter of neat cattle.
   • 1632, Philip Massinger, The City Madam:

     The neathouse for musk-melons, and the gardens,
     Where we traffic for asparagus, are, to me,
     In the other world.

References

• “neathouse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.