barby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Barbed, like the ends of an arrow cross.
name
  1. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5470).
  2. A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
  3. A commune in Ardennes department, Grand Est, France.
  4. A town on the Elbe in Salzlandkreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Word forms

barby

Etymology

Seemingly from French barbé, barbée, but in French (language and heraldry) that term means something else ("bearded or wattled").

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