noun
- grains of barley
- a unit of measurement equal to one-third of an inch
Usage: traditional
Examples
- The farmer harvested thousands of barleycorns from his field.
- She scattered barleycorns for the chickens to eat.
- The cobbler measured the shoe width in barleycorns.
- Three barleycorns placed end to end equal one inch.
- The recipe called for pearl barley made from hulled barleycorns.
- His shoe size was determined using the old barleycorn measurement system.