boose

See also: Boose and bòose

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːs

Etymology 1

From Middle English bose, boose, from Old English *bōs (attested in bōsih, bōsig (“cow-stall”)), from Proto-Germanic *bansaz, *bandsaz, *bandstiz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).

Alternative forms

• boosy, boosey

Noun

boose (plural booses)

1. (dialect) A stall for an animal (usually a cow).

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Etymology 2

From Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun).

Noun

boose

1. Alternative spelling of booze
   • 1922, A.E Housman, "The Oracles"

     'Tis true there's better boose than brine, but he that drowns must drink it;
     And oh, my lass, the news is news that men have heard before.

Verb

1. Alternative spelling of booze

Anagrams

• Booes, OOBEs, oboes