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Stables

Scope note

Buildings or portions of buildings for the housing and feeding of horses, cattle, and other such domestic animals, and often also for storing riding equipment and vehicles, and which occasionally have living quarters for associated personnel. For barnlike structures used primarily for housing farmstock and feed, use, for example, "horse barns" or "cattle barns."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30005015

Broader Terms used

animal housing

Narrower Terms used

mews

Equivalent Terms used

stable

Created

13yrs ago

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