† bequarre Obs.
[a. OF. béquarre, mod.F. bécarre (= Lat. B quadratum): see bemol.]
Mus. Old name for the note B♮. See B II. 1.
| a 1350 Song in Rel. Ant. I. 292 Thu bitist a-sonder bequarre, for bemol i the blame. 1806 J. W. Callcott Mus. Gram. v. 57 note, The French call the Natural Bequarre. |