BOTHY


Meaning of BOTHY in English

[ 'bɒθi ]

(also bothie )

■ noun ( plural bothies ) (in Scotland) a small hut for farm labourers or as a mountain refuge.

Origin

C18: obscurely related to Ir. and Sc. Gaelic both , bothan , and perh. to booth .

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