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byre

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byre  (br)
n. Chiefly British
A barn for cows.
[Middle English, from Old English bre; see bheu- in Indo-European roots.]
byre [baɪə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Brit a shelter for cows
[Old English bȳre; related to būr hut, cottage; see bower1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.byre - a barn for cowsbyre - a barn for cows                      
cow barn, cowbarn, cowhouse, cowshed
barn - an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
Translations
byre [ˈbaɪəʳ] N → establo m
byre [ˈbaɪər] n (British) → étable f (à vaches)
byre
n → (Kuh)stall m
byre [baɪəʳ] n (Brit) → vaccheria, stalla
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Petersburg it was autumn--a season when, in the country, the weather is clear and keen and bright, all agricultural labour has come to an end, the great sheaves of corn are safely garnered in the byre, and the birds are flying hither and thither in clamorous flocks.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
If ye see the laird, tell him what ye hear; tell him this makes the twelve hunner and nineteen time that Jennet Clouston has called down the curse on him and his house, byre and stable, man, guest, and master, wife, miss, or bairn -- black, black be their fall
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
In a corner the ground sloped sharply down, and Razumov followed the light of the lantern through a small doorway into a long cavernous place like a neglected subterranean byre.
Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph View in context
 
 
 
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