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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Accommodation is provided free of charge in a purpose-built rangers bothy.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
A father and son are recovering after spending two nights stranded at a bothy in the Cairngorms after blizzards caused by Storm Eunice.
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
From the bothy, head towards the foot of Suilven and climb the steep slope to Bealach Mòr.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 29, 2020
It was a small and tolerable-looking bothy, containing, so far as the wanderer could ascertain, a butt and ben.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
This three-day round trip takes in two beautiful bothies along the remote, uncompromising northern shore of Loch Tarbert on Jura.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 29, 2020
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
If you have a group of eight to 12, book ahead to score one of the intimate bothies, semiprivate dining alcoves named after the unlocked huts that are common in the Scottish Highlands.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2018
We often lived in bothies at opposite ends of the forest, returning to the lodge on Saturday till Monday morning.
From Tracks of a Rolling Stone by Henry J. (Henry John) Coke
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