bothy
Americannoun
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bothies
plural
noun
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a cottage or hut
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(esp in NE Scotland) a farmworker's summer quarters
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a mountain shelter
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bothy
1560–70; probably < Scots Gaelic bothan hut, with -y 2 replacing -an
Example Sentences
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Hamish has joined Morag on cross-country skiing expeditions, island-hopping camping trips and has even spent a night in a bothy.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
Insp Smith said the pair were both experienced hillwalkers and had told family they were going to the Sheilin' O'Mark bothy.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2022
And she will have a carved turnip "with a scary face" at the door of her bothy to ward off ghosts "so they won't bother" her home.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2021
From the bothy, head towards the foot of Suilven and climb the steep slope to Bealach Mòr.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 29, 2020
“There is no shepherd’s bothy up here on the Clandougal estate, Tavvy.”
From Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai by George Manville Fenn
The Gin Bothy Experience followed and now has a shop, events space and a museum dedicated to the history of bothies.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
And by happy coincidence it also has the highest concentration of bothies in the country.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 29, 2020
This is a daring expedition through superb hiking country, with an overnight stop at Sourlies, one of the most popular bothies in Scotland.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 29, 2020
A bid is being made to stamp out antisocial behaviour, vandalism and fire-raising at remote bothies in southern Scotland.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2019
"Hands" are not huddled together nowadays in squalid barns more like cattle than men and women, but bothies in the neighbourhood of Thrums are not yet things of the past.
From Auld Licht Idylls by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
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