bawn

[bawn]

noun Newfoundland.

a rocky stretch of foreshore on which caught fish are laid out to dry.
a patch of grassland or meadow near a dwelling.

Origin of bawn

1530–40; Hiberno-English < Irish bábhún (earlier spelling badhbhdhún, badhún) enclosure, perhaps equivalent to ba, plural of bó cow + dún fort; see cow¹, town

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Examples from the Web for bawn

Historical Examples of bawn

Nine was bawn befo' surrender an' two after we was set free.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
Various
Sho's you bawn, he's went a Injun-huntin' wid my frien' Cap'n Kenton.
Burl
Morrison Heady
But elsewhere there is none, not in the bawn, or in the towers, or anywhere else but just here.'
Tales of Our Coast
S. R. Crockett
“Nay, never was such a sight seen,” Bawn took up the strain.
Love of Life
Jack London
I'd give the full of the bawn of such fillies, if I had them, for this handsome princess.
More Celtic Fairy Tales
Various