Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Barleybrake \Bar"ley*brake`\ Barleybreak
\Bar"ley*break`\(b[aum]r"l[y^]*br[=a]k`), n.
   An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of
   barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to
   catch others who run from a goal.