v. Obs. [variant of BARY v. (= F. barrier, L. barrīre).] intr. To utter the peculiar cry of an elephant. Hence BARRING vbl. sb.
1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, III. xiii. (1737), II. 303. The bawling of mastiffs … barring of elephants. Ibid., note. An elephant, which out of reverence for the pope his master would barr and bend the knee.
