Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Barbed

Barbed (barbd or barb"ed) , adjective

[See 4th Barb.]

Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded (which is the proper form.) — Sir W. Raleigh

Barbed , adjective

Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire.
Collocations (1)
Barbed wire , a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.