Each of the bays or divisions of a barn in which corn, straw, etc., is stacked up and stored; these bays collectively; (in early use also) the contents of such a bay.
Origin
Early 16th century.
Definition of goafstead in US English:
goafstead
noun
English Regional, East Anglian rare, historical
Each of the bays or divisions of a barn in which corn, straw, etc., is stacked up and stored; these bays collectively; (in early use also) the contents of such a bay.