Laithe

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of lathe (“A granary; a field barn”). Northern-England, alt-of, alternative

    "Sprinkled across the scalloped valley were toylike field barns, 'laithes', that had once stored hay and given cattle shelter through the winter."

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"Sprinkled across the scalloped valley were toylike field barns, 'laithes', that had once stored hay and given cattle shelter through the winter."

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