barway
barway noun: a passage into a field or yard between a fence or wall, closed by bars that can be lifted out of the posts.
Noun
barway (plural barways)
- A passage into a field or yard between a fence or wall, closed by bars that can be lifted out of the posts.
- Through the very middle of the tangle ran the naked trunk of a fallen chestnut, showing just above the barbed vines. As the pack scrambled through the barway at the foot of the hill, the little fox ran along the log, and with all his last remaining strength sprang far out across the interlaced...1922, Samuel Scoville, Jr., “Blackcross”, in Wild Folk
- Something must be done, and his sharp fox wits never stood him in better stead than they did on this memorable chase, for when the hounds came up to the stone wall they followed it for about thirty rods northward and then at a barway, an artificial break in the stone wall, the trail suddenly ended.1927, Clarence Hawkes, “Chapter 11”, in Redcoat
Proper noun capitalized: Barway
Barway
- A hamlet in Soham parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL5475).
Forms of barway
| plural | barways |
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Origin of barway
From bar + way.
Questions about barway
- What does barway mean?
- Barway means a passage into a field or yard between a fence or wall, closed by bars that can be lifted out of the posts.
- What part of speech is barway?
- Barway can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of barway?
- The plural of barway is barways.
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