boagher

Yola

Alternative forms

• bogher, bargher

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish bóthar (“road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔːˈɡiː/

Noun

boagher

1. road

   Synonyms: caushe, cusseraane

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Mucha boagher.

     A big or high road.

Related terms

• bater
• leet

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 27