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barn-raising † Hist.

• n. a community affair at which the frame of a neighbor's barn was put up, usually followed by eating, drinking, and dancing.

  See also: house-raising  raising bee  

  • 1886  At Chief John Sickles' barn raising a plate fell and crushed Mr. Powles' foot.
  • 1959  Barn­-raisings, corn-huskings, quilting bees and threshings were community occasions. . . .