bothy

[ both-ee, baw-thee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Scot.

, plural both·ies.

bothy

/ ˈbɒθɪ /

Origin of bothy¹

1560–70; probably < Scots Gaelic bothan hut, with -y ² replacing -an

Origin of bothy¹

C18: perhaps related to booth

Here is a picture of a bothy of to-day that I visited recently.

The bothy was but scantily furnished, though it consisted of two rooms.

Four men and a boy inhabited this bothy, and the rain had driven them all indoors.

These were all the property of this man, however, who did the reading for the bothy.

Broth, too, may be made in the kitchen and sent down to the bothy.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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