The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 19.0635  Sunday, 9 November 2008

From:       John Cox <
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Date:       Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 20:23:33 -0500
Subject:    "bar"?

I can't find an obvious OED meaning for "bar" in the following sentence by Sir 
Thomas North, in his translation of Plutarch's _Life of Julius Caesar_:

But whilst he was preparing for this voyage, he attempted to cut the bar of the 
strait of Peloponnesus, in the market-place where the city of Corinth standeth.

Any ideas?

John Cox
Hope College

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