barleycorn Syllabification: (bar·ley·corn)Pronunciation: /ˈbärlēˌkôrn/Translate barleycorn | into Italian Definition of barleycorn noun a grain of barley. a former unit of measurement (about a third of an inch) based on the length of a grain of barley. barleycorn in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of barleycorn in the British & World English dictionary