An obscure Scottish word for a rough shelter or shieling hut — the kind of temporary stone-and-turf dwelling built for drovers and herdsmen on summer pastures.
An obscure Scottish word for a rough shelter or shieling hut — the kind of temporary stone-and-turf dwelling built for drovers and herdsmen on summer pastures. The 'bothy' overlap suggests it was used in upland farming communities in the Highlands where seasonal movement of cattle was common.
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(Scotland, mostly, in place names) An area of wasteland (or common land) now enclosed for farming.
A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
(Geordie, obsolete) An area of shelter where cows are milked.
(Scotland) A small loch (lake).
The shepherd sheltered his dog from the sleet inside the lonquhard while he waited out the worst of the storm.
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(Scotland, obsolete) A hut or bothy.
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