Barbes

What does BARBES mean?

Barbes is a form of BARB.

1. noun

   an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

   “his parting shot was `drop dead'”

2. noun

   the pointed part of barbed wire

3. noun

   a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove

4. noun

   one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.