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Definition of "white-barred" [white-barred]

  • Having one or more white bars, as an animal: specifying a British hawk-moth, Sesia sphegiformis or Trochilium sphegiforme.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "white-barred" in a sentence
  • "After the battery of security cameras covering the portico entrance, the white-barred windows of double-paned, shatter-resistant glass, the steel-lined bombproof front door, Dillon was expecting at least an X-ray scan and body frisk."
  • "A melody such as I had never heard before burst in clear and overwhelming raptures from the meadows where I had first seen the graceful stranger with the white-barred wings, last year ...."
  • "A glorious, sunshiny day in late November, with scarcely a breath of wind, the air crisp and bracing; the radiant sunlight fell athwart the white-barred field, and glinted from the gay pennants and banners in the stands!"