. A Walloon family in America; Lockwood de Forest and his forbears 1500-1848. armhouse of that periodwas a combination of dwelling-house in front andbarn in the rear. Judging from OCallaghans trans-lations of the specifications of other houses, there isvery little doubt that the term which he translatesas doors was in the original text uytlaeten,literally outlets or extensions. This expression doesnot refer to doors but to long narrow compartments,usually extending the full length of the barn betweenthe outer walls and the posts which supported theroof, as indicated in the plan below. The widt
. A Walloon family in America; Lockwood de Forest and his forbears 1500-1848. armhouse of that periodwas a combination of dwelling-house in front andbarn in the rear. Judging from OCallaghans trans-lations of the specifications of other houses, there isvery little doubt that the term which he translatesas doors was in the original text uytlaeten,literally outlets or extensions. This expression doesnot refer to doors but to long narrow compartments,usually extending the full length of the barn betweenthe outer walls and the posts which supported theroof, as indicated in the plan below. The width,eighteen feet, refers to the open floor in the centre,which was used for threshing. The spaces on thesides, the uytlaeten, were for stabling purposes,and the open lofts above them for fodder. The house had a thatched roof made of reeds, forthe construction of which nine hundred bundles wereused; it had also a brick chimney, which it tookDirck the mason ten days to build. A brick chim-ney was an unusual luxury. The early chimneys1 Colonial MSS., vol. i, p. 59. [ 84 ]. ■ ■Sheep Horjes
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