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English
Etymology
From poultry + house.
Noun
poultryhouse (plural poultryhouses)
- A house for poultry (avian livestock), usually for chickens.
- Hyponyms: (often synonymous) chickenhouse, chicken house, chicken coop, chickencoop, hencoop, henhouse, hen house
1913, John Jr Jeannin, “Poultryhouse construction and appliances”, in Twentieth Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture, for the Year Ending September 30, 1912, volume 1, State of New York Department of Agriculture, Part II, page 151:I am going to give you a few ideas of poultryhouse construction that have been used by very successful poultrymen. I believed the idea of substituting a muslin front was the silliest thing I had ever heard, the first time it was suggested. But I tried the muslin curtains and to-day I believe that they offer the only solution of the problem of poultryhouse ventilation.
1922, Correspondents, “Concrete poultryhouse”, in The Ohio Farmer, volume 150, number 4, page 19:I am building a poultryhouse this summer. — A.T.S., Portage Co., O. […] With so light a building as a poultryhouse to hold it down I would not think it advisable to build an eight-inch block wall in the rear of your poultryhouse. It would be much better to make a reinforced concrete wall […] F.W. Ives, Agricultural Engineer.
1979, The New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, volume 139, page 68:Preventing disease outbreaks and maintaining a healthy flock must be two of the main objectives of every poultrykeeper. […] A poultryhouse — and [poultry] run if you have one — must be cleaned thoroughly every year.