†ˈbaufreyObs.rare.[perh.identical with belfry,OF.bercfrit; the sense of a framework of wooden beams may have passed into that of a single beam in such a framework.](Seequot.)[1676FélibienPrinc.Archit.492Befray ou Befroy, c'est la charpenterie qui soutient les cloches dans une tour.]1639Horn &Rob.GateLang.Unl. xlix. §545The tiles, gutter⁓tiles or slates, on rafters..baufries and spars.1693W. RobertsonPhraseol.Gen.216A baufrey, lignum, trabs.1830R. StuartDict.Archit.,Baufrey, an old word for beam.