Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In Ireland, to surround or inclose with a bawn.
- noun Formerly, an outer inclosure of an Irish castle: nearly equivalent to bailey and outer bailey.
- noun In modern times, in some parts of Ireland— The cattle-yard near a farm-house.
- noun A large house, including all its appurtenances, as offices, courtyard, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete An inclosure with mud or stone walls, for keeping cattle; a fortified inclosure.
- noun obsolete A large house.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cattle -fort ; a building used to shelter cattle. - noun A defensive
wall built around a tower house. It was once used to protect livestock during an attack. - verb
Eye dialect spelling ofborn .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The occupants of the largest portions of land were bound, within four years, to build a castle and bawn, that is, a walled enclosure, with towers at the angles, within which was placed the cattle, -- and to plant on their estates forty-eight able-bodied men, eighteen years old or upwards, of English or Scottish descent.
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The Castle "bawn" was usually enclosed by one or more strong walls, the inner sides of which were lined with barns, stables, and the houses of the retainers.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1 Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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The Castle "bawn" was usually enclosed by one or more strong walls, the inner sides of which were lined with barns, stables, and the houses of the retainers.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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[Footnote 1: A bawn was a place near the house, enclosed with mud or stone walls, to keep the cattle from being stolen in the night, now little used.
The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 Jonathan Swift 1706
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Can't wait for a comment like this Erstah, dahlin ', my mama wuz bawn and raised on Boojhalay.
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Can't wait for a comment like this Erstah, dahlin ', my mama wuz bawn and raised on Boojhalay.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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Bred en bawn in immunity, Nancy -- bred en bawn in immunity! 'en wid dat George en Dick en Karl skip out des ez lively as crickets in de embers.
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"Bred an born in a brier-patch, Brer Fox, bred en bawn!"
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Pe bawn yn ddaearyddwr proffesiynol a dydw i ddim!
Dau begwn Plaid Cymru Dyfrig 2008
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Sut y byddwn diogelu'r posibilirwydd o dyfu, hynny yw datblgu o fod yn genedl i fod yn gymuned ac wedyn bod yn gymuned gyfiawn, lle mae pawb yn adnabod ei gyfrifoldeb tuag at bawb arall a thros bawn arall?
brtom commented on the word bawn
"The colleen bawn, my colleen bawn. O, cheese it!"
Joyce, Ulysses, 14
January 27, 2007
rattlingbooks commented on the word bawn
There is a section of the poem Making the Fish by Michael Crummey entitled The Bawn.
Hard Light: 32 Little Stories
a selection of poems
by Michael Crummey
audio from rattlingbooks.com
Hard Light: 32 Little Stories is a retelling and reinvention of tales told to Michael Crummey by his father and other family members about outport Newfoundland and the Labrador fishery of a half-century ago. It’s a love-letter to a world and a way of life that has vanished completely in the last fifty years. All of it is true. Even the lies.
February 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bawn
Bailey or ward; a defended courtyard of a castle.
August 24, 2008