Obs. In 5 brewarne, browhern. [f. vb. stem brew- or bru- (see BREWHOUSE) + OE. ærn, ern place, closet, etc.: cf. BARN.] A brewhouse.

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c. 1450.  Metr. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 626. Pandoxatorium, brewarne; pistrinum, bakehouse.

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1453.  Marg. Paston, Lett., 185, I. 250. The drawte chamer, and the malthouse, and the browere [app. an error for browerne].

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1465.  Paston Lett., 978, III. 435. The Botere … the Browhern … the Kychyn.

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