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barbel|ˈbɑːbəl|
Forms: 4–5 barbell(e, 5–6 -byl(l, 6–7 -bil(l, 6–8 -ble, 7 -bell, 6– barbel.
[a. OF. barbel (13th c. in Littré), mod. barbeau ‘barbel,’ and ‘little beard’:—late L. barbellus, dim. of barbus barbel (the fish), f. barba beard. Cf. It. barbolo the fish.]
1. A large European fresh-water fish (Barbus vulgaris) of the Carp tribe, deriving its name from the fleshy filaments which hang from its mouth.
c1380Chaucer Balade Add. MS. 16156 B.M., Þat Barbell had swolowed boþe hooke and lace. 1496Bk. St. Albans, Fysshynge (1810) 26 The barbyll is a swete fysshe, but it is a greasy meete and a peryllous for mannys body. 1558Act 1 Eliz. xvii §1 No person..shall take..any Barbel not being in Length twelve Inches. 1570Levins Manip. /29 A barble, fish, barbo, -onis. 1611Coryat Crudities 477 Great abundance of good fishes..especially the delicate barbils. 1867F. Francis Angling i. (1880) 50 The barbel, so named from the barbs or wattles that depend from the side of the mouth.
2. A fleshy filament hanging from the corners of the mouth of some fishes, e.g. of the barbel.
1601Holland Pliny I. 261 Her little hornes or Barbils which she [the sea-Frog] hath bearing forth vnder her eies. 1698Phil. Trans. XX. 91 Those Barbles which..the Conger is never without. 1880Gunther Fishes 37 Barbels..if developed and movable, are sensitive organs of touch.
3. A variety of house-pigeon. ? Obs. rare.
1741Compl. Fam. Piece iii. 512 The Barbel has a red Eye, a short Tail, and a Bill like a Bulfinch.
†4. Part of a helmet protecting the chin (= OF. barbier, -iere.)
c1314Guy Warw. (1840) 160 His barbel first adoun he deth, Withouten colour his neb he seth. |