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, originally open-fronted with a hay loft.
   • 1869, R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone, section 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.

   • 1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, page 145:

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

   • 1917, John Galsworthy, Beyond:

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

Anagrams

• hyalin