bothy
Americannoun
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
Thick mud sucked at their boots and they had a blustery night in a tent before finding shelter in a bothy the next evening.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024
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
This is one of Scotland’s finest mountain walks, stopping off at Suileag bothy, under Suilven’s formidable sandstone buttresses.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 29, 2020
He was alone and unarmed in a disreputable bothy on the edge of a forest, well known as the refuge of desperate characters.
From A Prince of Good Fellows by Barr, Robert
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
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
At night MacStairn built two bothies for them—one covered with green boughs for Fedelma and Gilveen and one covered with cut sods for Flann and the King of Ireland's Son.
From The King of Ireland's Son by Colum, Padraic
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