debarb

From de- +‎ barb.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /diːˈbɑːb/

debarb (third-person singular simple present debarbs, present participle debarbing, simple past and past participle debarbed)

1. (transitive) To remove a barb or barbs from.

   how to debarb a fish hook

• “debarb”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• barbed, dabber