boreen

/ ˈboːriːn /

noun

1. a country lane or narrow road

Word History and Origins

Origin of boreen¹

C19: from Irish Gaelic bóithrín , diminutive of bóthar road

Example Sentences

Boreen and Zellner expressed enthusiasm for what the multipronged project will mean for Texas A&M;’s trees, the campus’s aesthetic and its general health.

From Washington Times

Sarah Boreen, customer relations manager for SSC, said talks have been ongoing about the best method regarding the declining trees on campus.

From Washington Times

Heavy-equipment manufacturer Exodus Machines considered expanding in Minnesota but opted to add jobs in Superior after Walker's economic-development agency secured a loan, said chief executive Kevin Boreen.

From Reuters

I walk around the graveyard in the old abbey at Mungret where my mother’s relations are buried and I go up the boreen to the Norman castle at Carrigogunnell where Dad brought me twice.

From Literature

It was Ned who leaped the old bounds' ditch at the turn of the boreen of the lands of Reenascreena, after the English captain pulled up on looking at it, and cried out it was "No go."

From Project Gutenberg