barleycorn

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A grain of barley.

   “The Town Mouse came, and they sat down to a dinner of barleycorns and roots, the latter of which had a distinctly earthy flavour.”

2. isim The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes.

   “This trip to Italy has actually enlarged the diameter of my head thirteen barleycorns!”

3. isim A small groove between two moldings.