A small building or hut, particularly one used for storing goods or as a simple shelter.
From Dutch or Low German origins, possibly related to 'brou' or similar construction words in Germanic languages; meaning has shifted to refer to any small modest structure.
This word appears in historical building records from northern Europe and reveals how common people named their humble structures with simple, onomatopoetic-sounding words.
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