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Meaning of boskin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

a partition in a cowshed to separate cattle

Northern-England

Examples

“It had been handed down that Tom Schofield, travelling […] in the 1860s, threw a sack over a boskin (partition) in the byre at the inn where he lodged […].”
“Inside the barns, the cattle were separated by 'boskins' of timber or stone and tethered to posts known as 'rudsters'.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

boskiness Bosko Boskoop Boskopoid Boskovich bosky

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