ˈboosy Chiefly dial.
(ˈbuːzɪ)
Forms: 1 bósiᵹ, bósih, 7 bousie, bowzey, boosey.
[OE. bósiᵹ, bósih: see boose n.]
An ox- or cow-stall, a crib; = boose. Also attrib., as boosey close, the close in which the cow-sheds stand; boosey or boozy pasture, pasture land lying near the cowsheds.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xiii. 15 An eᵹhuelc iuer on symbel⁓doeᵹ ne unbindeð [he] woxo his oððe assald of bósih. c 975 Rushw. G. ibid., Oxo his oððe easald of bosᵹe. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 612 Præsepia [i. a Crib, Cratch, Bowzey, or Manger]. Ibid. II. 285 They must be tied vp sure vnto their bousies. 1688 R. Holme Armory ii. ix. §9, Boosey, the place where the Cow is tyed. 1777 Brand Pop. Antiq. (1849) I. 30 What is termed the boosy. 1794 T. Brown Gen. View Agric. Derby 45 A specified close, which the way-going tenant has for foddering his cattle in, under the name of a Boosey pasture. 1844 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. V. i. 86 Tenancy commences..on the 2nd of February as to all the other lands, except the boosey pasture. 1847 G. Soane New Curios. Lit. (1849) 19 Boosy..in the northern counties..is more generally applied to the upper part of the stall where the fodder lies. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib. II. x. 27 Boosey or manger bricks. 1905 Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer (Advt.), 6 acres of Boozy Pasture. 1922 S. Weyman Ovington's Bank xxxvi. 423 A countryman, whom the news had only just reached in his boosey-close or his rickyard. |