linhay
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of linhay
Compare dial. (SW England, Ireland) linhay shed, open building; of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A week after her visit to the linhay he, while sitting alone there, had turned her picture about on the easel, withdrawn its face from the wall and studied his work.
From Lying Prophets by Eden Phillpotts
On silent paths the whistler weedeth, And what his tune is no one heedeth; On hay beneath the linhay feedeth The ass that felt the hand of Edith.
From Ionica by William (AKA William Johnson) Cory
Footsteps made them turn to see two rounding the linhay; and again, footsteps behind brought two after Rhoda, impatient of delay.
From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman
At the gate beside the linhay, a horse was standing.
From Beyond by John Galsworthy
The next morning early he set about doing this, and carried it to the linhay at the back of his mother’s dwelling.
From Life's Little Ironies by Thomas Hardy
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
