boosyn.
/ˈbuːzi/ Chiefly dialect.
An ox- or cow-stall, a crib; = boose n. Also attributive, as boosey close n. the close in which the cow-sheds stand. boosey pasture n. (also boozy pasture) pasture land lying near the cowsheds.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > housing or sheltering of cattle > cattle stall
boosyc950
cribOE
ox-stallc1330
boosec1440
corn-crib1716
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > other types of pasture
fritha1552
bruery1573
agistment1598
mountain1780
zuur-veldt1785
boosey pasture1794
rough grazing1802
outrun1870
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > enclosing cattle > enclosure for cattle
rack-yard1765
lobby1778
wro1808
rodeo1811
lair1865
lairage1883
ox yard1885
cow-barton1888
cattle-camp1900
boosey close1922
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xiii. 15 An eghuelc iuer on symbel~doeg ne unbindeð [he] woxo his oððe assald of bósih.
c975 Rushw. G. Luke xiii. 15 Oxo his oððe easald of bosge.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 612 Præsepia [i. a Crib, Cratch, Bowzey, or Manger].
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 285 They must be tied vp sure vnto their bousies.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. ix. §9 Boosey, the place where the Cow is tyed.
1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1849) I. 30 What is termed the boosy.
1794 T. Brown Gen. View Agric. Derby 45 A specified close, which the way-going tenant has for foddering his cattle in, under the name of a Boosey pasture.
1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 86 Tenancy commences..on the 2nd of February as to all the other lands, except the boosey pasture.
1847 G. Soane New Curios. Lit. (1849) 19 Boosy..in the northern counties..is more generally applied to the upper part of the stall where the fodder lies.
1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. x. 27/2 Boosey or manger bricks.
1905 Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer (advt.) 6 acres of Boozy Pasture.
1922 S. J. Weyman Ovington's Bank xxxvi. 423 A countryman, whom the news had only just reached in his boosey-close or his rickyard.
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