/bawn/ , n. Newfoundland.
1. a rocky stretch of foreshore on which caught fish are laid out to dry.
2. a patch of grassland or meadow near a dwelling.
[ 1530-40; Hiberno-E bábhún (earlier sp. badhbhdhún, badhún ) enclosure, perh. equiv. to ba, pl. of bó cow + dún fort; see COW 1 , TOWN ]