1 : mountain, mound —used only in the names of hills in England
2 : a large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead : tumulus Origin and Etymology of barrow
Middle English bergh, from Old English beorg; akin to Old High German berg mountain, Sanskrit bṛhant high"
Learn sumpthin' every day....
Kin ah barrow sum salt?
In Texas they call the road ditch a borrow or barrow pit, or a bar ditch.
Figure it must be somehow derived from the English “beorg” or “bearwe”, which a person could research.
Then again he could just go fishing.