A gate or passageway through which bars or barriers are placed, or an archaic term for a gated entrance to a field or property.
From 'bar' (barrier/gate) + 'way' (path/passage). An older English term for a specific type of agricultural or architectural feature, now largely obsolete.
In old English countryside, 'barways' were essential features—they allowed farmers to control livestock movement while still providing passage, an early form of what we'd now call a livestock handling system!
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