The meaning of BARB is a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck.

The heads of fishing spears usually feature barbs or serrated edges. The rod is jerked up, and the barb enters the body of the fish and drags it out of the water.

barb - As any type of spike or projection, it is based on Latin barba, "beard"; it is also a piece of vertically pleated linen worn over or under the chin, as by nuns.

A barb is a sharp curved point near the end of an arrow or a fish hook that makes it difficult to pull out.

Definition of barb noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

barb /bɑːb/ n a subsidiary point facing in the opposite direction to the main point of a fish-hook, harpoon, arrow, etc, intended to make extraction difficult

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Whether it is a spike on the wire atop a security fence or a mean remark someone said about you, a barb can hurt. When you encounter either kind of barb, you should stay away. Barb comes …

BARB meaning: 1 : a sharp point that sticks out and backward from the point of an arrow, a fishhook, etc.; 2 : a clever insult or criticism

BARB definition: one of a breed of horses raised originally in Barbary. See examples of barb used in a sentence.