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Definition of bothy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bothy

noun
 
/ˈbɒθi/
 
/ˈbɔːθi/
(plural bothies)
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  1. a small building in Scotland for farm workers to live in or for people to shelter in
    • We spent the night in a shepherd’s bothy.
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: obscurely related to Irish and Scottish Gaelic both, bothan, and perhaps to booth.
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