Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word nebbed.
Examples
-
Just a plain, long-nebbed, useless bird, not worth powder and shot, very douce in the plumage, and always at the same song like
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro
-
Thereat was a stir amongst the Men of the Fleece of the Shepherds, and their ranks opened, and there came forth an ill-favoured lean old man, long-nebbed, blear-eyed, and bent, girt with a rusty old sword, but not otherwise armed.
The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale William Morris 1865
-
(c) In a filthy, snake-paved, stinking cavern he sees two horny-nebbed giants, (2) making a fire.
The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo
-
Another guard walked by, coated in red plaid, a hunter’s nebbed cap showing for a second against the lake’s distant gleam, his boots scuffing gravel.
The Great California Game Gash, Jonathan 1991
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.