bank barn
nounChiefly Midland U.S. and Canadian (chiefly Ontario).
a barn built into the side of a hill or with earth banked around it, often a two-story barn thus having a ground-level entrance for each story.
Origin of bank barn
1An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
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How to use bank barn in a sentence
The building of a bank-barn was a watershed in farm chronology.
The Doctor | Ralph ConnorIf a farmer builds a new bank barn and silo, how much should he be fined in the shape of taxes for showing so much enterprise?
In Pastures Green | Peter McArthurAs we are not ready to put up a bank barn yet, I guess I shall have to go after the pest in some other way.
In Pastures Green | Peter McArthurAnd if all goes 185 well, I want a bank-barn, the same as they have in the East, with cement flooring and modern stalling.
The Prairie Mother | Arthur Stringer
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