barnacle🔊

A marine crustacean of the subclass (infraclass) that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.

The barnacle goose.

(slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.

(slang) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.

(slang) A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed. +

(in the plural) An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable. +

(in the plural) A pair of spectacles.

(obsolete) A good job, or snack easily obtained.

(slang) A worldly sailor.

To connect with or attach.

To press close against something.