Word Meanings - CLOSE-BARRED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Firmly barred or closed.

• Close-fights
  Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters.
• Barred owl
  A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast.
• Barrigudo
  A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the genus Lagothrix, having a long prehensile tail.
• Closefisted
  Covetous; niggardly.
• BARRACUDABARRACOUTA
  A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyræna, sometimes used as food. Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyræna spet (or S. vulgaris); a southern species is S. picuda; the Californian is S. argentea. 2. (Zoöl.)
• Barringout
  The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools.
• Closehanded
  Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.
• BARREDOWL
  A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast.
• Barreled
  of Barrel
• Barrister
  Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney.
• Closehauled
  Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
• BARRELEDBARRELLED
  Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.
• Barrelled
  of Barrel
• Closely
  In a close manner.

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