barry meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

barry

noun

UK /ˈbɑː.ɹi/ · US /ˈbɑɹ.i/

Etymology From French barré (“striped, barred”).

Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics A field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed.

barry

adj

Etymology From French barré (“striped, barred”).

Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics Traversed (transversely) by bars.

Business, Manufacturing, Textiles Of a dyed material: having bars or bands of color.

[…] many examples of the degree of coverage of barry nylon with various ranges of dyes are listed […]1970, The International Dyer, Textile Printer, Bleacher and Finisher, page 802:

Derived terms: barriness, barry-bendy, barry-nebuly, barry-pily, barry-wavy