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byre

[ bahyuhr ]

noun

, British.
  1. a cow shed.


byre

/ baɪə /

noun

  1. a shelter for cows
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of byre1

before 800; Middle English, Old English: barn, shed, variant of būr hut. See bower 1
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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.

There was not a barn or byre in the district that had not its horseshoe over the door.

Every day I kill a bullock and every day my byre-maid fills a vessel of milk to mix with my mortar.

Flann looked back and saw her seated on a stone, and he thought the Byre-Maid looked lonesome.

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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