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barleybreak

barleybreak 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 barleybreak

What is barleybreak the alternative form of?
Barleybreak is the alternative form of barleybrake.

Words near barleybreak in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barleybreak (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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