barb
/bɑː(ɹ)b/ verb C2- To cover a horse in armor.
He/she/it barbs · Past barbed · Past participle barbed · -ing form barbing
Verb forms
- Base form
- barb
- He/she/it
- barbs
- Past
- barbed
- Past participle
- barbed
- -ing form
- barbing
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Miller, I had indeed to go campaigning before, but I was barbed from counter to tail, and a man went along to groom me; and now I cannot understand what ailed me to prefer the mill before the battle.” “Forbear,” said the Miller to him, “harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.”
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