▪ I. boose, n. north.
(buːz)
Forms: 5 booc, boce, buse, 5, 9 boos, bose, 5–9 boose, 9 bouse, boost.
[First found in 15th c., but pointing to an OE. *bós (whence bósiᵹ, boosy, cow-stall), corresp. to ON. bás-s:—OTeut. *banso-z: cf. Ger. banse, Gothic bansts barn. (The phonetic forms in mod. dialects, Eng. and Sc. cannot be derived from the ON. word, but require an OE. form with ó.)]
A stall for a cow or (less usually) a horse; esp. the upper part of the stall, where the fodder is placed. See also boosy.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 41 Booc or boos, netystalle [K. boce, H., 1499 bose]. 1483 Cath. Angl. 49 A Buse for a noxe, bocetum. 1570 Levins Manip. 222 Boose, stall, bouile. 1781 J. Hutton Tour Caves Gloss. (E.D.S.) Boose, a stall for a cow or horse. 1808 Jamieson, Buse, Buise, Boose, a cow's stall, a crib. 1875 Lanc. Gloss., Boose, Boost, a cattle stall. Often used for the upper part of the stall where the fodder is placed: as ‘Yo'll find it in th' cow's bose.’ |
▪ II. boose
variant of booze.