bothy UK /ˈbɒθi/US /ˈbɑθi/ noun3 •(Scotland, Northern-Ireland) A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.Often Neil sat in their bothy on winter nights and told Calum about seas he had never seen. — 1955 •(Scotland, Northern-Ireland) A building for workers to rest in. •(Scotland, Northern-Ireland) A building on a farm, sometimes with just one room, for (usually unmarried male) farmworkers or other labourers to live in. formsbothies