boreen

/ (ˈboːriːn) /

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noun

Irish a country lane or narrow road

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Word Origin for boreen

C19: from Irish Gaelic bóithrín, diminutive of bóthar road

Words nearby boreen

Boreas, borecole, bored, boredom, boree, boreen, borehole, Borel, Borel-Lebesgue theorem, Borelli, borer

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How to use boreen in a sentence

Little she thought that it was back at the Crooked Boreen by then, near five good miles away!
Candle and Crib|K. F. Purdon
Follow this road until you come to a boreen on the side of your thumb-hand.
Legends of Saints & Sinners|Douglas Hyde
He brought the saint down to a boreen, and showed him the bull in the field and said to him, "Take him with you now if you can."
Legends of Saints & Sinners|Douglas Hyde
Andy Smith has a horse, if he'd lend it; and there's a short road by Hogan's boreen.
Confessions Of Con Cregan|Charles James Lever

It was so overgrown with weeds and thistles, and so strewn with big boulders, that it was more like a boreen than decent fields.
An Isle in the Water|Katharine Tynan