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rorbu

noun feminine or masculinesubstantiv hunkjønn eller hankjønn

a fisherman's hut, a fisherman's cabin · a holiday cabin converted from such a hut

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. bu til husvære for fiskere i et fiskevær a hut used as lodging by fishermen at a fishing station
  2. fritidsbolig innredet i rorbu (1)a fisherman's hut eller i bolig ved sjøen som ligner en rorbu (1)a fisherman's hut;
    jamfør rorbuferiea holiday spent in a converted fisherman's hut     a holiday home fitted out in a fisherman's hutrorbu (1), or in a house by the sea resembling a fisherman's hutrorbu (1);
    compare rorbuferiea holiday spent in a converted fisherman's hut