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noun
A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An enclosed shelter in the pasture land, usually in the mountainous parts, for the shelter of cattle or their herders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, obsolete
Synonyms: booley house, shieling
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Irish buaile (“cattle enclosure, summer pasturage for cows”), from Old Irish bó (“cow”) or būale, probably from Latin bovile (“cattle stall”) or bubile, from Latin bos (“cow, bull, ox”) (bov-).
