Barnum

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A large structure for housing livestock or storing hay and equipment, often found on farms
2. An expansive building used primarily for agricultural purposes, such as sheltering animals or storing feed and equipment
3. A spacious facility typically utilized in farming to accommodate animals, feed, and farming tools

Etymology: The first part of this word is "barn," from Old English "bereern," a compound of "bere" (barley) and "ern" (building), so the original sense was a building for storing barley. Over time the word came to mean any farm building for crops or animals, which is the sense this term keeps.