barley broth

noun

1

dialectal, Scottish : barley-bree

2

: scotch broth

… an old-fashioned barley broth thick with vegetables …

—Leo Schofield, Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald, 27 June 1989

Word History

First Known Use

1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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