byre
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈbaɪər/
- Archaic
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establo
- I took the dinner gratefully, but I was so disillusioned about my kind that I chose to sleep in the cow byre.
- a cow byre
Examples
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The farmer built a new byre to shelter his cows during the winter.
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I passed by the byre with its chickens and goats.
Fiction book (1993) -
That night, the rain came down hard, but the byre of ten cows was steaming warm.
Fiction book (1990) -
We hoarded the fresh berries in the byre.
Blog text (7) -
She told her brothers what to do: mend that fence... clean out that byre...
Fiction book (2000) -
Karo turned away, looked one last time at the huddle of thatch-roofed cottages and stone byres in the beech grove.
Fiction book (1992) -
As the lead horseman conferred with my father, maids and housecarls emerged from the stables, byres, and storerooms.
Fiction book (1993) -
The first day we walked through farmland—rolling hills dotted by freeborn steaders' houses and byres.
Fiction book (1993) -
After milking, the cows returned to the byre for the night.
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In the morning, the smell of fresh hay filled the byre where the cows were kept.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large farm building for storing hay or keeping animals
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A barn where cows are kept for shelter or milking
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2.4
A building where cows stay and rest
A building, often a barn, where people keep cows
A barn where cows stay for shelter and milking
A building where cows are kept
Surface Forms
Etymology
Byre comes from an old English word meaning 'cowshed' or 'cow-house', so it has kept its original sense as the building where cows are kept, like a barn but for cows.