but and ben

British  

noun

1. a two-roomed cottage consisting of an outer room or kitchen ( but ) and an inner room ( ben )

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Example Sentences

The son of a shepherd, whose tiny shieling with only a "but and ben" seemed to shelter an impossible number of children, he had practically run wild upon the mountains.

From Donalblane of Darien by Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald)

Blithe, blithe and merry was she, Blithe was she but and ben: Blithe by the banks of Ern.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

The interior is divided into the usual "but" and "ben."

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Chorus.—Blythe, blythe and merry was she, Blythe was she but and ben; Blythe by the banks of Earn, And blythe in Glenturit glen.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

The change-house of the widow was on the ground-flat, a but and ben, the ceilings arched with stone—a strange device in masonry you'll seldom find elsewhere, Highland or Lowland.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil