linhay

American  

[lin-ee] / ˈlɪn i /

noun

Newfoundland.

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

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linhay British  

/ ˈlɪnɪ /

noun

1. 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

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Example Sentences

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linhay

The horse killed him at that linhay, sir, down in 'the wild.'

From Beyond by John Galsworthy

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

From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman

So, too, was her agony of joy and relief when at last, almost by a miracle, they came on her lying in a linhay down a lane they had very nearly overlooked in the darkness.

From Kitty Trenire by Mabel Quiller-Couch

Eustacia had watched the assemblage through the hole; and seeing that now was the proper moment to enter, she went from the "linhay" and boldly pulled the bobbin of the fuelhouse door.

From The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

I didn' know what he meant, but ran for my life to the linhay, and hung up the rope, an' then to the hen-house.

From The Delectable Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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