Definition of Shippen

1. n. A stable; a cowhouse.

Definition of Shippen

1. Noun. (obsolete UK dialect) A stable; a cowhouse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shippen

1. a cowshed [n -S] - See also: cowshed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shippen

shiploads
shipman
shipmaster
shipmasters
shipmate
shipmates
shipmen
shipment
shipments
shipowner
shipowners
shippable
shippage
shippe
shipped
shippen (current term)
shippens
shipper
shipper weld
shippers
shippes
shipping
shipping agent
shipping articles
shipping clerk
shipping company
shipping fever
shipping fever virus
shipping office
shipping pneumonia

Literary usage of Shippen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1877)
"WILLIAM shippen PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATE IN CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Amongst those who emigrated from the mother country for the purpose of bettering their ..."

2. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1883)
"Edward shippen, the third of that name in this country, was the son of Edward and Sarah shippen.1 He was born in the city of Philadelphia on the 16th day of ..."

3. The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans: With Biographical ...by James Herring, James Barton Longacre by James Herring, James Barton Longacre (1854)
"IN presenting the portrait of the late Chief Justice shippen, we are sure that ... His grandfather, William shippen, was a gentleman of fortune and family, ..."

4. The Letters of Richard Henry Lee by Richard Henry Lee (1914)
"TO [DOCTOR] WILLIAM shippen, JR.i shippen HALL IN 4^ STREET PHIL* 18! ... Addressed, " William shippen Jun* esquire, Director General of the Hospital/of the ..."

5. A Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography: Comprising the Lives of Eminent by Howard Atwood Kelly (1912)
"When in 1779 the Legislature repealed the charter of the College of Philadelphia and recreated them in the newly-created University of Pennsylvania, shippen ..."

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