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bawn  (bôn),USA pronunciation n. [Newfoundland.]
  1. Canada, British Termsa rocky stretch of foreshore on which caught fish are laid out to dry.
  2. Canada, British Termsa patch of grassland or meadow near a dwelling.
  • Irish bábhún (earlier spelling, spelled badhbhdhún, badhún) enclosure, perh. equivalent. to ba, plural of bó cow + dún fort; see cow1, town
  • Hiberno-English 1530–40


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