barley water

See also: barley-water

English

Alternative forms

• barley-water

Noun

barley water (countable and uncountable, plural barley waters)

1. (British) A soft drink made by boiling pearl barley with water, and adding flavouring and sugar.
   • 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:

     Large quantities of barley water were consumed constantly, but in the old days, a special boy was kept to run out for beer.

2. (medicine, archaic) A decoction of barley used as a nutritive and demulcent.

Translations

a drink made by boiling pearl barley with water

• Greek:

  Ancient: χυλός m (khulós)

• Italian: orzata (it) f
• Turkish: arpa suyu (tr)