unbarbed

unbarbed [uhn-bahrbd] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

1. barbless.

Origin of unbarbed First recorded in 1555–65; un-1 + barb1 + -ed3 Examples from the Web for unbarbed Historical Examples of unbarbed

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.

“Five-Head” Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific

Louis Becke