bercaria

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally berbēx +‎ -āria.

Pronunciation

Noun

bercāria f (genitive bercāriae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) a sheepcote; a small building for sheltering sheep.
  2. a tannery

Usage notes

  • R. E. Latham's Revised Medieval Latin Word-List translates bercāria as sheepfold (a pen for enclosing sheep), C. Dyer's research[1] states that this is incorrect and should be translated as sheepcote (a small building for sheltering sheep).

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • English: bercary

References

  1. ^ Christopher Dyer, Sheepcotes: Evidence for Medieval Sheepfarming, University of Birmingham