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byre

[bahyuhr]
–noun British.
a cow shed.

Origin:
bef. 800; ME, OE: barn, shed, var. of būr hut. See bower 1
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byre   (bīr)   
n.   Chiefly British
A barn for cows.

[Middle English, from Old English bȳre; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]
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