barley-breakn.

/ˈbɑːlɪbreɪk/

Forms: 1500s barle-breyke, barla-breik, 1600s barly-breake, barly-brake, barley-brake, barlibreake, 1600s–1700s barlibreak, barley-brake, -break, 1800s Scottish barley-brack.

Etymology: Of uncertain etymology; the first part has been explained < barley int., also from the grain barley, because played in a cornfield, or in a stack-yard (Jamieson); the second < break as explained below.

An old country game, varying in different parts, but somewhat resembling Prisoner's Bars, originally played by six persons (three of each sex) in couples; one couple, being left in a middle den termed ‘hell,’ had to catch the others, who were allowed to separate or ‘break’ when hard pressed, and thus to change partners, but had when caught to take their turn as catchers. (See poetical description by Sidney in Arcadia 1. Lamon's song, and Suckling in Poems (1646) 24.) In Scotland, according to Jamieson, one person had to catch the rest of the company, each of these as taken assisting their captor.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > prisoner's base

barsc1400

base1440

barley-break1557

prison base1598

prison bar1602

stroke-bias1700

prisoners' bars1794

Scotch and English1802

prisoners' base1830

chevy1883

Molly Bright1883

1557 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 132 Master parsun..entryd into helle, and ther ded at the barle breyke with alle the wyffe of the sam parryche.

a1581 A. Scott Moneth May Sum rynnis at barla breikis lyk rammis.

1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. G4 Like a girle at barly breake, leauing the last couple in hell, away she gads and neuer lookes behind her.

1794 R. Southey Wat Tyler i, in Wks. II. 24 Since we were boys together And play'd at barley-brake.

1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 81 At barley-bracks, we laughin' chased ilk kimmer we could see.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	barley-break
释义	barley-breakn. /ˈbɑːlɪbreɪk/ Forms: 1500s barle-breyke, barla-breik, 1600s barly-breake, barly-brake, barley-brake, barlibreake, 1600s–1700s barlibreak, barley-brake, -break, 1800s Scottish barley-brack. Etymology: Of uncertain etymology; the first part has been explained < barley int., also from the grain barley, because played in a cornfield, or in a stack-yard (Jamieson); the second < break as explained below. An old country game, varying in different parts, but somewhat resembling Prisoner's Bars, originally played by six persons (three of each sex) in couples; one couple, being left in a middle den termed ‘hell,’ had to catch the others, who were allowed to separate or ‘break’ when hard pressed, and thus to change partners, but had when caught to take their turn as catchers. (See poetical description by Sidney in Arcadia 1. Lamon's song, and Suckling in Poems (1646) 24.) In Scotland, according to Jamieson, one person had to catch the rest of the company, each of these as taken assisting their captor. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > prisoner's base barsc1400 base1440 barley-break1557 prison base1598 prison bar1602 stroke-bias1700 prisoners' bars1794 Scotch and English1802 prisoners' base1830 chevy1883 Molly Bright1883 1557 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 132 Master parsun..entryd into helle, and ther ded at the barle breyke with alle the wyffe of the sam parryche. a1581 A. Scott Moneth May Sum rynnis at barla breikis lyk rammis. 1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. G4 Like a girle at barly breake, leauing the last couple in hell, away she gads and neuer lookes behind her. 1794 R. Southey Wat Tyler i, in Wks. II. 24 Since we were boys together And play'd at barley-brake. 1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 81 At barley-bracks, we laughin' chased ilk kimmer we could see. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1557
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