or Barray, island of. See BARRAY.

in Commerce, a long measure used in Portugal and some parts of Spain, to measure woollen cloths, linen cloths, and serges. There are three sorts of barras; that of Valencia, thirteen of which make 12½ yards English measure; that of Castile, seven of which make 6½ yards; and that of Aragon, three of which make 2½ yards English.