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
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Inspector Matthew Smith, Police Scotland's mountain rescue coordinator, said they were found "cold, tired and exhausted" at the bothy at about 19:00 on Saturday.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2022
The man in his 30s and teenage boy were found by Braemar Mountain Rescue Team at the Sheilin' O'Mark bothy, near Loch Muick, on Saturday.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2022
The pair were walking in the Ben Macdui area, heading to Corrour bothy, when they lost one another in poor weather on Friday.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2021
The turn to Suileag bothy is marked by a cairn and soon comes into view.
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
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
"By working together with our partners who regularly access these properties we hope to spread the message that bothies are not law-free zones," she added.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2019
The MBA maintains 11 bothies across southern Scotland.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2019
Mountain huts, bothies and camping barns usually come without internet access.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 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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