bouin

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Manx

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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bouin f (genitive singular bouin, plural bouinyn)

  1. bodice

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bouin vouin mouin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

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Etymology 1

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From bou (stock or herd of cattle; farmhouse, village).

Noun

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bouin (plural bouins)

  1. (agriculture) lease of cattle and land

Etymology 2

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Verb

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bouin

  1. present participle of bou