linhay

American

[lin-ee] / ˈlɪn i /

noun

Newfoundland.

a storage shed or other attachment to the back of a house.

linhay British

/ ˈlɪnɪ /

noun

dialect a farm building with an open front

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Etymology

Origin of linhay

Compare dial. (SW England, Ireland) linhay shed, open building; of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

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Ruth Penwarne have a little linhay, An' there her washes when the rain be nigh, But when 'tis sunny her goes in the garden, An' spreads her clo'es on the fuzzen to dry.

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There Giles, empty-handed, made for the rear linhay, and faced round with a puckered brow.

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Out came a tale of outrage: while the house was empty, Lois and Rhoda away bleaching, the linhay had been forced, and the coral laid there, Christian's store of precious, sacred coral, looted entire.

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Rhoda left him but for a moment; passing out to the linhay, the door she left ajar.

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Presently, laying aside resentment, she went out to seek him in the linhay.

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