Byre

/ˈbaɪɚ/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in. British

    "It was here in the kitchen, in the passage, In the mews in the harn in the byre in the market-place [...]"

  2. 2
    a barn for cows wordnet

Example

More examples

"It was here in the kitchen, in the passage, In the mews in the harn in the byre in the market-place [...]"

Etymology

From Middle English bire, bier, byr, from Old English bȳre.

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