Meaning of bere | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.
   Scotland, uncountable
2. A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow; a pillowbere.
   dialectal

Equivalents

Examples

“Woven and embroidered coverlets in imitation of tapestry appear as 'a tapestry covering which lieth on my bed' [...] 'a pillow of feathers with a bere' (pillow-case); 'two pillows and the beres to [cover them]'”

“[...] he'd tossed me an extra pillow in a bere.”

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