Lexic.us

Definition of Barred

1. Adjective. Preventing entry or exit or a course of action. "The blockaded harbor"

Definition of Barred

1. Adjective. Having bars, striped. ¹

2. Adjective. Prevented. ¹

3. Verb. (past of bar) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Barred

1. bar [v] - See also: bar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barred

Literary usage of Barred

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"bF = Non-barred 22- The expectation here is that all the c? progeny will be ... From these matings were produced 19 c? and 16 2 chickens, all non-barred. ..."

2. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1911)
"to their vermilion barred brothers, from the above experiment, vermilion barred stock was obtained which has since bred true. The original male was mated to ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"JAA Pearl on the Relative Conspicuousness of barred and Self-Colored Fowls.1— ... The fowls were barred Plymouth Rocks, Cornish Indian Games and crosses of ..."

4. The Law of Railways: Embracing Corporations, Eminent Domain, Contracts by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1869)
"Damages, from not building upon the fa* contemplated, are barred. 3. ... But loss by fires, obstruction of access, and cutting off springs, is barred. 8. ..."

5. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1840)
"undulated with darker; tail similarly barred; ruff-feathers white toward the end, dark brown in the centre; disks on their inner sides grey, with black tips ..."

6. Handbook of the Law of Trusts by George Gleason Bogert (1921)
"Remedy barred by Acts of Cestui Que Trust A large number of confusing and ill-defined terms have come into use in connection with the barring or destruction ..."

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