byre
/ˈbʌɪə
/noun British
A cowshed.They are put in the byres (cow sheds) for the winter period, and our byre is literally 2ft away from the back of the house....
- On the farm, smells tended to be pungent; dung being removed from the cow byre, stable, pig sty or poultry house, rated high in that league.
- She's converted a local byre (an animal house) into a wee dwelling - a simple, one-room affair with a box bed and a raised hearth, and all the objects that she is using have been meticulously researched and sourced.
Origin
Old English bȳre; perhaps related to bower1.
Rhymes
- Theodoric
- Theodosius I
- the off side
- theogony
- theol.
- the old days
- the oldest profession
- the oldest trick in the book
- the Old Firm
- theologian
- theologian of hope
- theological
- theologically
- theological virtues
- theologise
- theologist
- theologize
- theology
- theology of hope
- the Olympics
- theomachy
- the Ombudsman
- the one
- the only game in town
- theophany