Obs. [a. OF. béquarre, mod.F. bécarre (= Lat. B quadratum): see BEMOL.] Mus. Old name for the note B♯ See B II. 1.
a. 1350. Song, in Rel. Ant., I. 292. Thu bitist a-sonder bequarre, for bemol i the blame.
1806. Calcott, Mus. Gram., v. 57, note. The French call the Natural Bequarre.
