I. ˈbärbd, ˈbȧbd adjective
Etymology: barb (III) + -ed
: equipped with barbs
under his feet he treads the armed Saracens and barbed steeds — Richard Carew
II. adjective
Etymology: obsolete English barb beard (from Middle English) + -ed — more at barb
1.
a. : emblazoned with a beard
an antelope argent barbed or
b. : emblazoned with wattles
a cock vert barbed gules
c. : emblazoned with sepals showing between petals
a rose gules barbed vert
d. : emblazoned with a pointed head
an arrow argent barbed azure
2.
[from past participle of barb (II) ]
a. of a stream : joined by tributaries at an acute angle pointed upstream
a barbed tributary
b. : consisting of streams of this nature
barbed drainage