Middle English Dictionary Entry
barrāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | barrāble adj. |
| Etymology | From barren . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Law Subject to debarment.
Associated quotations
- (1474) RParl.6.100a : That the said Countes be barrable, barred and excluded..of all other Possessions and Enheritaments whatsoever.
- (1474) RParl.100b : By the which the seid George Duke of Clarence..myght or ought be excluded, disherited, barable or barred..of the premisses.
- c1475-a1600(a1473) Fortescue Declaration (Clermont)527 : I shall shew fyrste another mater by which the heires of the said Edmond beth excludid and barrable to clayme this lond.