A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Barrow-tram. n. [Tram n.] A pole or shaft of a hand-barrow.c1500-c1512 Dunb. lii. 19.
I wald scho war … Weill batteret with ane barrow-tram 1538 Lynd. Justing 33.
Ȝit thocht thy braunis be lyk twa barrow trammis, Defend the, man! 15.. Christis K. 194.
Than followit feymen rycht onaffeird, bet on with barrow trammis 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. i. 10.
His arms were stiff like barrow-trams
