bothy

[both-ee, baw-thee]

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noun, plural both·ies. Scot.

a hut or small cottage.

Origin of bothy

1560–70; probably < Scots Gaelic bothan hut, with -y² replacing -an

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Historical Examples

Here is a picture of a bothy of to-day that I visited recently.
Auld Licht Idylls
J. M. Barrie
The bothy was but scantily furnished, though it consisted of two rooms.
Auld Licht Idylls
J. M. Barrie
Four men and a boy inhabited this bothy, and the rain had driven them all indoors.
Auld Licht Idylls
J. M. Barrie
These were all the property of this man, however, who did the reading for the bothy.
Auld Licht Idylls
J. M. Barrie
Broth, too, may be made in the kitchen and sent down to the bothy.
Auld Licht Idylls
J. M. Barrie

British Dictionary definitions for bothy

bothy

noun plural bothies mainly Scot

a cottage or hut
(esp in NE Scotland) a farmworker's summer quarters
a mountain shelter

Word Origin

C18: perhaps related to booth

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Examples from the Web for bothy

Historical Examples

Here is a picture of a bothy of to-day that I visited recently.

The bothy was but scantily furnished, though it consisted of two rooms.

Four men and a boy inhabited this bothy, and the rain had driven them all indoors.

These were all the property of this man, however, who did the reading for the bothy.

Broth, too, may be made in the kitchen and sent down to the bothy.

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Origin of bothy