1 n. — obsolete; Newfoundland
a grassy area near a house or settlement.
Type: 2. Preservation — Bawn is one of the many preservations from Irish Gaelic that have undergone semantic change in NLE due to the traditional influence of the fishing industry on all aspects of life in the province (Clarke 2010b: 107). The original meaning of 'an enclosure in which cattle could be kept' shifted to 'the meadow or grassy area' as well as to a sense relating to the fishing industry, shown in meaning 2.
See also COD-2, s.v. "bawn" (1), which is marked "Cdn (Nfld)", DNE, s.v. "bawn" (1).
2 n. — Newfoundland, Fishing
an expanse of rock on which salted cod are spread for drying.
Type: 3. Semantic Change — See meaning 1.
See also COD-2, s.v. "bawn" (2), which is marked "Cdn (Nfld)", DNE, s.v. "bawn" (2).