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Meaning of linhay | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈlɪni/

Definitions

A shed or other outbuilding, originally open-fronted with a hay loft.

dialectal

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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