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unbarbed

[uhn-bahrbd]
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adjective
  1. barbless.
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Origin of unbarbed

First recorded in 1555–65; un-1 + barb1 + -ed3
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Historical Examples

  • Each man had with him unbarbed arrows and a bow for hunting.

    Castes and Tribes of Southern India

    Edgar Thurston

  • The men carried small, unbarbed fish-spears, the women and children baskets and bundles of oap.