barbless

Historical Examples

• With these barbless hooks the bait was not impaled, but strapped on with shreds of bark.

  Tropic Days

  E. J. Banfield

• The other two Japs have short, stiff poles with a wire attached and the barbless hook at the end.

  Tales of Fishes

  Zane Grey

• And at the time when the Bard stood up to claim the wife, a strange warrior came into the encampment, holding a barbless spear.

  Evelyn Innes

  George Moore

• The fang′-kao, or barbless lance blade, is next common in use.

  The Bontoc Igorot

  Albert Ernest Jenks

• It is barbless, and in place of the barb, the hook is filed long and tapering to a point as sharp as that of a needle.

  Tales of the Fish Patrol

  Jack London