winter barley
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of winter barley
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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High on the Marlborough Downs, Mike Wilkins was testing his winter barley when I met him, breaking off their ears and grinding them in a small machine to see how dry the grain is.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025
Hayes kept the card in his office, and has made it his life’s mission to work on improving winter barley.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2023
Ukraine sowed about 4.1 million hectares of winter wheat for the 2023 harvest, while the area under winter barley stood at around 615,000 hectares.
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023
Will Faulds, an arable farmer just outside Ipswich who has crops of winter wheat, winter barley and oilseed rape, says "very simply it's brick dry".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2022
Oats the same, with about 24 gallons of water on the floor, for sixty bushels, divided as directed in the case of summer and winter barley; the remaining part of the process the same.
From The American Practical Brewer and Tanner by Coppinger, Joseph
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