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byre
[ bahyuhr ]
noun
, British.
- a cow shed.
byre
/ baɪə /
noun
- a shelter for cows
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of byre1
Old English bӯre ; related to būr hut, cottage; see bower 1
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Example Sentences
My sister and I lived nearly three weeks in a cow-byre, never daring, of course, to approach even the door.
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There was not a barn or byre in the district that had not its horseshoe over the door.
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Every day I kill a bullock and every day my byre-maid fills a vessel of milk to mix with my mortar.
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Flann looked back and saw her seated on a stone, and he thought the Byre-Maid looked lonesome.
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The Giant's herd was now increased by many calves, and Morag the byre-maid had much to do to keep all the cows milked.
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