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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson
This is a dialect word .ie it used to be in standard English and means a covering. In Lancashire, these large pieces of stone covered t'petty and t'coyle hoyle.
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According to Battersby's Dialect book in the Reference Library Bob:
Cabin as in fowl cabin.
Old English word from way back. All manner of housing for domestic animals were "coyts"
Pigeon coyt; en coyt, pig coyt and rabbit coyt.