barbe
AmericanEtymology
Origin of barbe
see origin at barb 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Grilling, influenced by Caribbean barbe, is an essential technique.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our barbes had, in 1526, sent barbe Martin and others, to hold a conference with the reformers Zwinglius, OEcolampadius, and Bucer, and had returned with many eulogiums on the constancy and simplicity of the Vaudois.
From L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses by al.
"Ah, then it's la barbe, is it not?" said the girl, gingerly stroking her faded, painted cheek.
From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Louis Joseph Vance
The surcotte, with trayne, hood, barbe, and tippet, are visible in the sketch of a lady of the sixteenth century, taken from Pietro Vercellio's famous work on costume.
From The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner
"He is coming!" whispered Sharley to the little bright barbe, and to the little bright face that flushed and fluttered at her in the glass,—"He is coming!"
From Men, Women, and Ghosts by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
