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shippen

noun
ship·pen | \ ˈshipən \
plural -s

Definition of shippen 

dialectal, British

: a shed for livestock (such as cows)

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History and Etymology for shippen

Middle English shepen, shipen, from Old English scypen, scipen, scepen

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