Heavy steel barbs welded onto the front fenders, bulky external armouring folded around the front wheels and jutting back to the doors.

Abruptly they were sweeping forward, irresistible, a tidal wave bristling with steel barbs.

He fabricated a custom machine to cut the steel barbs and soon afterwards started his own blacksmith and machine shop.

This enclosure is of iron wire and armed with steel barbs, forming a barrier inaccessible to animals.

He has steel barbs on his forearms, which double as weapons, and tools to help him to scale sheer surfaces.

In one boot was thrust a riding crop, unusual in that it was as long as a spear and tipped with tiny steel barbs.