barnraising
barnraising · barnraisings
The collective construction of a barn by members of a community, common in 18th- and…The collective construction of a barn by members of a community, common in 18th- and 19th-century rural North America, and present-day Mennonite and Amish communities.
Meaning
1 sensesThe collective construction of a barn by members of a community, common in 18th- and 19th-century rural North America, and present-day Mennonite and Amish communities.
Origin
From barn + raising.From barn + raising.
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Forms
plural: barnraisingsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedbarnstar