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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Over the years, previous residents of the byre had included a cow, a donkey and a pig.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2023
The research suggest both the barn and the byre and stable were also his work.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2022
To pass in the darka byre like a rotten walnut.
From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2010
The byre "like a rotten walnut" is, perhaps, meant to show us what wind and weather ultimately do with human strategies for survival – whether that strategy is a cowshed or a dictionary.
From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2010
Dunstan walked to the cow byre in the pelting rain.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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