Barbed

Having barbs

The five petals or leaves which appear on the outside of a full-blown rose are, in heraldry, called the barbs and are blazoned thus, a rose gu barbed and seeded ppr.

Barbed arrow implies that the head is pointed and jagged, or barbed. It is also termed bearded.

A barbed cross has barbs at each end.

Barbed and crested (French barbé) are terms used in heraldry to express the comb and gills of a cock, particularly when borne of a different tincture from the body. In English blazon it is more usually termed wattled and combed.

Barbed Horse: erroneous term for barded horse.