wool-shed

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


the principal building ofa station, at which the shearing and wool-packing is done.Often called the Shed.

1850. J. B. Clutterbuck, `Port Phillip,' vol. ii. p. 23:

«In some instances the flood has swept away the wool-sheds.»

1851. `Australasian' [Quarterly], vol. i. p. 298:

«. . . we next visit the `wool-shed,' and find the originalslab-built shed has been swept away, to make room for animposing erection of broad-paling . . .»

1873. A. Trollope, `Australia and New Zealand,' vol. i.p. 126:

«The wool-shed is a large building open on every side, with ahigh-pitched roof, – – all made of wood and very rough. The sheepare driven in either at one end or both, or at three sides,according to the size of the station and the number of sheep tobe shorn. They are then assorted into pens, from which theshearers take them on to the board; – – two, three or four shearersselecting their sheep from each pen. The floor, on which theshearers absolutely work, is called `the board.'»

1890. `The Argus,' Aug. 9, p. 4, col. 1:

«You would find them down at Reed's wool-shed now.»

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

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