Bothy Definition
bŏthē
bothies
noun
A cottage or hut.
Webster's New World
(Scotland) A small cottage, especially one for communal use in remote areas by labourers or farmhands. [from 18th c.]
Wiktionary
Origin of Bothy
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Origin uncertain. Perhaps compare Scottish Gaelic bothag, diminutive of both (“hut”); but the derivation is uncertain since th has been mute in Gaelic for several centuries.
From Wiktionary
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Ultimately from Old Irish both hut bheuə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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