Definition of Barleycorn
Barleycorn
Bar·ley·corn
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A grain of barley, especially as a unit of measurement.
e.g. The old-fashioned tavern used barleycorns to measure whiskey pours.
(verb)
to forbid a person from doing something or going somewhere, to prevent some action from being carried out, or to exclude something from being considered;
e.g. They tried to bar him from going out with his friends. He aims to bar the law from being passed.
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