bothy
[both-ee, baw-thee]
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noun, plural both·ies. Scot.
a hut or small cottage.
Origin of bothy
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Here is a picture of a bothy of to-day that I visited recently.
Auld Licht IdyllsJ. M. Barrie
The bothy was but scantily furnished, though it consisted of two rooms.
Auld Licht IdyllsJ. M. Barrie
Four men and a boy inhabited this bothy, and the rain had driven them all indoors.
Auld Licht IdyllsJ. M. Barrie
These were all the property of this man, however, who did the reading for the bothy.
Auld Licht IdyllsJ. M. Barrie
Broth, too, may be made in the kitchen and sent down to the bothy.
Auld Licht IdyllsJ. M. Barrie
bothy
noun plural bothies mainly Scot
Word Origin for bothy
C18: perhaps related to booth
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