bawneen

/ (ˈbɑːniːn) /

Irish a variant spelling of báinín

Words nearby bawneen

bawdy, bawdyhouse, bawl, bawl out, bawn, bawneen, bax, baxter, bay, bay antler, bay city

Bawneen; a loose whitish jacket of home-made undyed flannel worn by men at out-door work.

English As We Speak It in Ireland |P. W. Joyce
Little clothes he had on, but on his head a quarter cap, and a sort of a bawneen about him.

Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Second Series |Lady Gregory
Peter Joyce was perfectly content to wear a "bawneen" of homemade flannel and a pair of ragged trousers.

Our Casualty And Other Stories |James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. Birmingham