bothy

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbɒθɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(both′ē, bô′thē)

Inflections of 'bothy' (n): npl: bothies

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
both•y  (both′ē, bô′thē),USA pronunciation n., pl. both•ies. [Scot.]
  1. Scottish Termsa hut or small cottage.
  • Scots Gaelic bothan hut, with -y2 replacing -an
  • probably 1560–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bothy /ˈbɒθɪ/ n ( pl bothies) chiefly Scot
  1. a cottage or hut
  2. (esp in NE Scotland) a farmworker's summer quarters
Etymology: 18th Century: perhaps related to booth

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