bothy

bothy

English

Alternative forms

• boothy, bothie

Etymology

Probably from booth +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌhi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒ.θi/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑθi/

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Noun

bothy (plural bothies)

1. (Scotland, Ireland, Northumbria) A small cottage, especially one for communal use in remote areas by labourers or farmhands. [from 18th c.]
   • 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 106:

     Often Neil sat in their bothy on winter nights and told Calum about seas he had never seen.

   • 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage 2015, p. 12:

     The Bog Creeper came out her wee bothy so I stood on the toilet seat and Lanna whipped her skirt down to her boots and sat.

Derived terms

• bothy ballad
• bothyman

Translations

a small cottage, especially one for communal use in remote areas by labourers or farmhands

German: Schutzhütte (de) f Russian: хижина (ru) f (xižina)