bawn

American  

[bawn] / bɔn /

noun

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.

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Etymology

Origin of bawn

First recorded in 1530–40; Hiberno-English, from Irish bábhún (earlier spelling badhbhdhún, badhún ) “enclosure,” perhaps equivalent to ba, plural of bó “cow” + dún “fort”; see cow ¹, town

Example Sentences

Yuh see, suh, I nebber did git much schoolin' down in Virginny, whah I was bawn an' brought up.

From Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol by Douglas, Alan

Bred an' bawn in Sumter County, wore out in Sumter County, 'specks to die in Sumter County, an' whut is I got?

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

She brought her two little boys, Colvin and 'Lias, but Joe, dey pappy, didn't come—he was sole 'fo 'Lias was bawn.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

I was bawn on Governor Reuben Chapman's place five miles north of Livingston on May 14, 1843.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

To maids in the bower I sang of love: And of war at the feastings in bawn or grove.

From A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)