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

barb ¹

Example Sentences

Grilling, influenced by Caribbean barbe, is an essential technique.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact but thirty-six years of age, Charlemagne is here a majestic old man, � la barbe fleurie, still full of heroic vigour.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund

Ah, par la barbe de Saint Pierre! is this my dear comrade of the Eighth?

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Lever, Charles James

The greater number had no defensive armor; and not a horse was furnished with the leathern barbe with which the knight continued, as in the middle ages, to cover his steed's breast and sides.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

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 Gardiner, Florence Mary