Home › Words › N › neathouseneathouseneathouse means A building for the shelter of neat cattle.EtymologyFrom Middle English nethouse; equivalent to neat + house.nounA building for the shelter of neat cattle.e.g.“The neathouse for musk-melons, and the gardens, Where we traffic for asparagus, are, to me, In the other world.” — 1632, Philip Massinger, The City Madam:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cowhouse 68% match — A house (barn or shed) for keeping cows. vs neathouse →cattleshed 63% match — A small barn in which cattle are kept; a byre, a cowshed. vs neathouse →outhut 61% match — An outbuilding in the form of a hut. vs neathouse →neatresse 60% match — A woman who takes care of cattle. vs neathouse →cowshed 60% match — A shed for keeping cows. vs neathouse →hoghouse 60% match — A house (barn or shed) for hogs (pigs). vs neathouse →dairyhouse 59% match — A farm building operating as a dairy. vs neathouse →neatish 59% match — Characteristic of or resembling a neat; bovine. vs neathouse →