overden

noun

over·​den

ˈōvə(r)ˌden

Northeast

: haymow

Word History

Etymology

Pennsylvania German owwerdenn loft over the threshing floor, from owwer upper (from German ober) + denn threshing floor, from German tenne, from Old High German tenni

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