barbe

American  

[bahrb] / bɑrb /

noun

1. a band or small scarf of lace, worn around the head or neck by women.

2. barb.

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Etymology

Origin of barbe

see origin at barb ¹

Example Sentences

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.

The other example is in the little church of Frenze, near Diss, which contains, among a number of other interesting brasses, that of a lady clothed, like the former, in gown, mantle, barbe, and veil.

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)

Their shoes and slippers were either of red, violet, or crimson velvet, cut à barbe d'écrévisse.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I by Lodge, Henry Cabot

What you buy, whether it be a white wooden chair, or a child's toy, or a broom, or a lace barbe, or a blue-glass breastpin, seems to be pure chance.

From One Year Abroad by Howard, Blanche Willis