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a cathedral for cows, painted red because that's what blood and rust cost nothing.
means A large farm building used to shelter livestock, store grain and hay, or house equipment.
from From Old English 'bereærn,' a sober compound of 'bere' (barley) and 'ærn' (a house or storage place) — literally a 'barley-house.' The word slimmed down over the centuries until the barley fell out and only the building remained, even as the contents shifted to cattle, horses, and tractors.
- red origin
- Early farmers sealed wood with cheap rust-iron mix.
- raising tradition
- Whole towns built one in a single day.
- nuclear unit
- Physicists named a tiny area 'barn' as inside joke.
- acoustic giant
- Tobacco barns inspired the term 'barnstorming' for daredevil pilots.
barn at monticello — thomas jefferson's historic agricultural storage building at his virginia estate, built early 1800s
round barn at shelburne — iconic 1901 circular barn at shelburne museum in vermont, 124 feet in diameter
tobacco barn — historic barns throughout kentucky and north carolina used to cure tobacco, many 150+ years old