Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
bothy [both-ee, baw-thee] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural both·ies. Scot.
- a hut or small cottage.
Origin of bothy 1560–70; probably Scots Gaelic bothan hut, with -y2 replacing -an Examples from the Web for bothy Historical Examples of bothy
Here is a picture of a bothy of to-day that I visited recently.
J. M. Barrie
The bothy was but scantily furnished, though it consisted of two rooms.
J. M. Barrie
Four men and a boy inhabited this bothy, and the rain had driven them all indoors.
J. M. Barrie
These were all the property of this man, however, who did the reading for the bothy.
J. M. Barrie
Broth, too, may be made in the kitchen and sent down to the bothy.
J. M. Barrie
British Dictionary definitions for bothy bothy noun plural bothies mainly Scot
- a cottage or hut
- (esp in NE Scotland) a farmworker’s summer quarters
- a mountain shelter
Word Origin for bothy C18: perhaps related to booth