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
- mazurka
- mazut
- mazute
- mazy
- mazzard
- Mazzaroth
- Mazzinian
- Mazzinianism
- Mazzini, Giuseppe
- mazzite
- maërl
- maëstria
- maître d'
- maître d'armes
- maître de ballet
- maître de chai
- maître de chais
- maître d'hôtel
- maître d'hôtel butter
- maîtresse en titer
- maîtresse en titre
- maîtresse femme
- maître à penser
- mañana
- maˋarib