shippen

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English schipne, schepne, schüpene, from Old English scypen (cow-shed, stall, shippen), from Proto-Germanic *skupīnō (stall), diminutive of *skup- (shed, barn). Related to shop, shepen.

Noun

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shippen (plural shippens)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) A stable; a cowhouse.

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