1) English architecture 
A bothy is a basic shelter, usually left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge. It was also a term for basic accommodation, usually for gardeners or other workers on an estate. Bothies are to be found in remote, mountainous areas of Scotland, northern England, Ireland, and Wales. They are particularly common in the Scottish Highl...
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A bothy is a small, often temporary, hut sometimes built in upland areas. There occupation might be only in the summer as part of transhumance. They use simple materials such as drystone walls or turf.
a hut or small cottage.