Linhay

Quick meaning: Linhay is a noun meaning (dialectal, south-west British) A shed or other outbuilding, originally open-fronted with a hay loft.

Meaning

(dialectal, south-west British) A shed or other outbuilding, originally open-fronted with a hay loft.

Example Sentences

[S]he went to the linhay, or lean-to shed, which formed the root-store of their dwelling.

While they stood there close to the old linhay a bird came flying round them in wide circles, uttering shrill cries.

Home-side of the linhay, and under the ashen hedge-row, where father taught me to catch blackbirds, all at once my heart went down, and all my breast was hollow.

Word Forms

• linhays
• linney
• linny

Related Words

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