Inbye
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Inbye is an adjective meaning (Scotland) Inside the house; inside an inner room of the house.
Meaning
(Scotland) Inside the house; inside an inner room of the house.
More Meanings
- (Scotland, Northern England, of farmland) Near or nearest the house.
- (law, Scottish land law) Belonging to the farm or croft; as opposed to common.
- (mining) Towards the coal face.
- (obsolete, Scotland) Towards or into the house; into an inner room of the house.
Example Sentences
An upcast fault is when the seam is thrown up; to counteract this a "canch" of top stone must be taken down outbye over from the fault, and a "canch" of bottom stone taken up inbye over from the fault, then level up to the bottom of your "canch" at the foreside of the hitch outbye over until you have a regular gradient to the seam on the hitch.
Word Forms
- inby
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inby, outbye, underwise, inwards, inward, infield.
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