BACKBEREND

backberend (bak-ber-[schwa]nd). [Old English] Hist. 1. The bearing of stolen goods upon the back or about the person. • Backberend is sometimes modernized to backbearing. 2. A person caught carrying stolen goods. — Also spelled bacberende; backberinde. Cf. HANDHABEND. “Backberinde signifieth bearing upon the Back, or about a Man. Bracton useth it for a Sign […]