Barb.
A Barbary steed, noted for docility, speed, endurance, and spirit. (See Barbed Steeds.)
A Barbary steed, noted for docility, speed, endurance, and spirit. (See Barbed Steeds.)
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.