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tithe barn

/taɪð bɑːn/

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C1formalbritishobsolete/taɪð bɑːn/

A historical building, typically a large barn, used for storing the tithe (one-tenth of a farm's produce) that was paid to the church as a tax. These structures were common in medieval and post-medieval England.

  • 🇷🇺Историческое здание, обычно большой амбар, использовавшееся для хранения десятины (одной десятой части урожая фермы), которая выплачивалась церкви в качестве налога. Такие сооружения были распространены в средневековой и послемедиевальной Англии.
  1. Historical storage building C1 formal british

    A large barn used historically in medieval Europe to store the tithe (one-tenth of a farm's produce) that was given to the church as a tax.

    • The village still has a well-preserved tithe barn from the 14th century.
    • Farmers would bring their grain to the tithe barn every harvest season.
    • The tithe barn was used to store wheat, barley, and oats for the local parish.

    🇷🇺Десятинный амбар