barton

nounattested in dialogue

A farmyard.

noun

1
A farmyard.
There's the barton rich / With dyke and ditch / And hedge for the thrush to live in [...].
So fair a fancy few would weave / In these years! Yet, I feel, / If someone said on Christmas Eve, / “Come; see the oxen kneel, / “In the lonely barton by yonder coomb / Our childhood used to know,” / I should go with him in the gloom, / Hoping it might be so.
2
the lands of a manor reserved for the Lord's use
3
archaican arrangement of blocks and pulleys; a burton

Etymology

From Old English bere (“barley”) + tūn (“place”).

Forms

plural: bartons

BART · To use Bay Area Rapid Transit, to ride on BART.bartender · One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving…Bartlett · A surname transferred from the given name from a pet form of…

barton · A farmyard.

Barton · Any of many places in England: A hamlet in Barton and Pooley…base · Something from which other things extend; a foundation.Base · A surname transferred from the nickname.

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