barbed

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑː(ɹ)bd/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bd === Adjective === barbed (comparative more barbed, superlative most barbed) Having barbs. (heraldry) Having barbs of a certain colour (as or similar to an arrow); beared. Having gills or wattles (as a bird); wattled. Having sepals or leaves between the petals (on a rose, etc). (of language, etc.) Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic. (of a horse) Accoutered with defensive armor; barded. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === barbed simple past and past participle of barb ==== Derived terms ==== barbed wire === References === The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1] === Anagrams === dabber, debarb == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English barbet. === Noun === barbed m (plural barbedau) barbet (Eubucco) ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018), “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur‎[2], retrieved 27 September 2025.