bothy
Americannoun
plural
bothiesnoun
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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
Etymology
Origin of bothy
1560–70; probably < Scots Gaelic bothan hut, with -y 2 replacing -an
Example Sentences
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Accommodation is provided free of charge in a purpose-built rangers bothy.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025
New accommodation will be modelled on the Hermitage, a tiny bothy on the neighbouring Friars Carse estate, where Burns would escape to write.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2023
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
The bothy is very comfortable, with bunk beds in a separate dormitory, as well as sleeping platforms in the two communal rooms.
From The Guardian • Feb. 29, 2020
Then she secured an axe, which was lying against the bothy door, and walked with a steady and fixed purpose, never turning her head, out into the lane, through the gate and up the hill.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 by Various
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