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barleybrakes

barleybrakes is the alternative form of barleybrake.

Meaning of barleybrake

Noun

barleybrake (uncountable)

  1. (historical) An ancient rural game, commonly played around stacks of barley or other grain, in which some players attempt to catch others who run from a goal.

Questions about barleybrakes

What is barleybrakes the alternative form of?
Barleybrakes is the alternative form of barleybrake.

Words near barleybrakes in the dictionary

  1. barley-water
  2. barley-waters
  3. barley-wine
  4. barley-wines
  5. barleybrake
  6. barleybrakes
  7. barleybreak
  8. barleybreaks
  9. barleycorn
  10. barleycorn sight
  11. barleycorn sights

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barleybrakes (page history and authors); barleybrake (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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