‖schuur, noun

/skɪʊə//skyːr//skiːr/
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Also skuur.
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A barn, shed, or store for grain.
1861 P.B. Borcherds Auto-Biog. Mem. 5The front stood, but the back part, commonly called the schuur (store), was burnt to the ground!
[1919 M. Greenlees tr. of O.F. Mentzel’s Life at Cape in Mid-18th C.Among the sergeants are reckoned the men in charge of the big battery called the Water-Kasteel..and of the outpost called Schuur.]
[1926 P.W. Laidler Tavern of Ocean 18The Company’s corn lands around the Big Barn (Groot Schuur still retains its ancient name) produced heavy crops.]
1936 C. Birkby Thirstland Treks 243The wheat stored in the main schuur was safe.
1987 G. Viney Col. Houses 170There was a house of the Cape Dutch period into which the original barn or schuur had been converted.
A barn, shed, or store for grain.
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