linhay
/ˈlɪni/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A shed or other outbuilding, originally open-fronted with a hay loft.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[S]he went to the linhay, or lean-to shed, which formed the root-store of their dwelling."
- "While they stood there close to the old linhay a bird came flying round them in wide circles, uttering shrill cries."