byre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of byre
before 800; Middle English, Old English: barn, shed, variant of būr hut. See bower 1
Example Sentences
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The great-grandfather bought the plot of land - which contained a derelict house and a dilapidated livestock shed, known as a byre - back in 1984.
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We passed byres and stables, wary looking cows and nervy sheep still in their pens.
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The research suggest both the barn and the byre and stable were also his work.
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Taran remembered nothing of returning to the byre or falling asleep, but he rose in the morning sunlight refreshed and strengthened.
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Triona, now aged 75, said the picture had been taken while the couple were putting up a byre at their home.
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