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bothy

American  
[both-ee, baw-thee] / ˈbɒθ i, ˈbɔ θi /

noun

Scot.

plural

bothies

  1. a hut or small cottage.

bothy British  
/ ˈbɒθɪ /

noun

  1. a cottage or hut

  2. (esp in NE Scotland) a farmworker's summer quarters

  3. a mountain shelter

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Etymology

Origin of bothy

1560–70; probably < Scots Gaelic bothan hut, with -y 2 replacing -an

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