linhay

English

Alternative forms

• linney
• linny

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪni/

Noun

linhay (plural linhays)

1. (dialectal, south-west British) A shed or other outbuilding.
   • 1869, RD Blackmore, Lorna Doone, III:

     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.

   • John Galsworthy

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

Anagrams

• hyalin