Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BOOTH, n. [W. bwth; Ir. boith or both; G. bude; Russ. budka; Ch. בית, bith, a house, and to lodge for a night; also in the Ar. Sam. Syr. Eth. and Heb. beth, a house or booth, a nest for birds. Probably the sense is, a dwelling, from lodging, abiding.]

A house or shed built of boards, boughs of trees, or other slight materials, for a temporary residence. – Bible. Camden.