booly.
A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk.
Meaning & usage
A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk.
An enclosed shelter in the pasture land, usually in the mountainous parts, for the shelter of cattle or their herders.
The term booley was not confined to the mountainous districts; for in some parts of Ireland it was applied to any place where cattle were fed or milked, or which was set apart for dairy purposes.
Where this word comes from
From Irish buaile (“cattle enclosure, summer pasturage for cows”), from Old Irish bó (“cow”) or būale, probably from Latin bovile (“cattle stall”) or bubile, from Latin bos (“cow, bull, ox”) (bov-).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.