BOTHY


Meaning of BOTHY in English

/ ˈbɒθi; NAmE ˈbɔːθi/ noun

( pl. -ies ) a small building in Scotland for farm workers to live in or for people to shelter in

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WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent.: obscurely related to Irish and Scottish Gaelic both , bothan , and perhaps to booth .

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