From Middle English bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at bass (“fish”).
Meanings
The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch.
So the prospects for this were pretty bad, and truly the most exciting thing I got out of watching this was feeling a pool of cold sweat collect in the hairy part of my barse, so livid was I with the treatment of Hooper's original classic. 2000 March 13, death_hammer [username], “texas chainsaw 4”, in alt.horror (Usenet):
The padding is also way too thin and I'm constantly aware of the pressure on my barse (I think perinium^([sic]) is the correct term) - something I don't have with my other shorts or tights. 2002 September 5, bomba, “SR: Shorts Review”, in alt.mountain-bike (Usenet):
Going to be a cruiser style one me thinks, low seat making it easy to swing my leg over, laid back riding position, bit wide seat for my arse cheeks to sit on, rather than my barse being perched on a plank seat, 2012 March 28, Gazz, “After a mid size cruiser”, in uk.rec.motorcycles (Usenet):