The Canterville Ghost

"The Canterville Ghost"

What does it mean to "bark" your knees?

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In context, the ghost falls down. "Barking" would mean that he "skinned" his knees in the fall.

Yet when he had put it on, he had been completely overpowered by the weight of the huge breastplate and steel casque, and had fallen heavily on the stone pavement, barking both his knees severely, and bruising the knuckles of his right hand.

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The Canterville Ghost