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Dutch barn†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a type of bank barn, used by settlers in Upper Canada, a style introduced by American settlers, who learned the design from the Pennsylvania Dutch.
See: bank barn
Quotations
1961
This is an excellent example of a "Dutch" barn and will be used eventually as a farm museum [at Edgeley, Ont., built 1809].