A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.) / Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.

To cover a horse in defensive armor. / (cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium. / A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.

To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke it over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels. / To grill.

The essential elements of something, described without going into detail.

A falsehood told with utter confidence and without trying to conceal the fact that it is false, especially a planned or deliberate falsehood.

(nautical, idiomatic) The condition of a sailing boat when all of its sails have been taken in.

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.

(degree) By a small margin. / (degree) Almost not at all. / (archaic) merely.

Wearing nothing on the feet. / (informal) Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains. / (CB radio, slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.