barbated

English

Adjective

barbated (not comparable)

1. Having barbed points.

   barbated lobes

   barbated antennae

   • 1782, Thomas Warton, The History and Antiquities of Kiddington:

     I cannot lay so much stress on a plate and description given by Plot, of a dart uncommonly barbated

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “barbated”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)