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† ˈbarkary Obs.
Also barcary.
[ad. med.L. barcarium, bercarium, berquarium (Spelman), bercaria, berquaria (Du Cange), for berbicaria sheepfold, f. berbica sheep = cl. L. berbex, vervex wether; hence cogn. with F. bergerie.]
A ‘sheep-cote,’ a ‘sheep-fold’ (Spelman). (By some erron. referred to bark n.1, and said to be ‘a tan-house.’)
1594Crompton Jurisd. 192 Houses or barcaryes. 1598J. Manwood Lawes Forest §2 (1615) 75 Within the Regard of any Forest, no man may build any houses or barkaries. 1607Cowell Interpr., Barkarie is a heath house. 2. Some call it a Tanne-house. 1641Termes de la Ley (1708) 74 Barcary signifies a farm-house as it seems. |