BARROW


Meaning of BARROW in English

barrow 1

/bar"oh/ , n.

1. a flat, rectangular frame used for carrying a load, esp. such a frame with projecting shafts at each end for handles; handbarrow.

2. a wheelbarrow.

3. Brit. a pushcart used by street vendors, esp. by costermongers.

[ bef. 1000; ME bar ( e ) we, OE bearwe; akin to MHG bere, BIER, BEAR 1 ]

barrow 2

/bar"oh/ , n.

1. Archaeol. tumulus (def. 1).

2. Chiefly Brit. a hill (sometimes used in combination): Trentishoe Barrow in North Devon; Whitbarrow in North Lancashire.

[ bef. 900; ME berw, beruh, bargh, berg ( h ), OE beorg hill, mound; c. OFris, OS, D, OHG berg mountain, ON bjarg, berg cliff, Armenian berdz height, Welsh bera heap; akin to Avestan baraz-, barazant-, Skt brhánt- high. See BOROUGH ]

barrow 3

/bar"oh/ , n.

a castrated male swine.

[ bef. 1000; ME barowe, baru, OE bearg; c. OHG barug, ON borgr. Cf. BORE 1 , whose meaning is close to the semantics of cutting or splitting (referring to castration) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .