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) ]