a. and adv. arch. = next.
c. 1320. Song Merci, 75, in E. E. P. (1862), 120. Barched and barefot gan I go.
c. 1485. Digby Myst. (1882), III. 147. Stond bare hed, ye beggars!
1622. Rowlands, Good Newes, 25. Barehead curtesie doth entertaine My worship with What lacke you.
1854. Blackw. Mag., LXXVI. 424. He was obliged, barehead, to seek pardon from the injured party.